#DCA740#DCA740

#DCA740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA740
RGB	rgb(220, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 9.50, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 59.23, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0214 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.132 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2621, 43.2265, 10.8618)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA740 #4075DC

analogous

#DC5940 #DCA740 #C3DC40

triadic

#DCA740 #40DCA7 #A740DC

tetradic

#DCA740 #40DC59 #4075DC #DC40C3

square

#DCA740 #40DC59 #4075DC #DC40C3

split-complementary

#DCA740 #40C3DC #5940DC

monochromatic

#896319 #BC8823 #DCA740 #E5BF74 #EFD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DCA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#DCA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA740

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA740	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc07a',
    500: '#dca740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca740;
$custom-light: #ebc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.615,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75961,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA740

secondary

#9BB2DC

accent

#78EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA740

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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