#DCA835#DCA835

#DCA835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.139 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA835
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 8.47, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 63.58, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0172 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.139 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1633, 43.4812, 9.4342)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA835 #3569DC

analogous

#DC5435 #DCA835 #BDDC35

triadic

#DCA835 #35DCA8 #A835DC

tetradic

#DCA835 #35DC54 #3569DC #DC35BD

square

#DCA835 #35DC54 #3569DC #DC35BD

split-complementary

#DCA835 #35BDDC #5435DC

monochromatic

#805F16 #B5861F #DCA835 #E5BE69 #EED59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#DCA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA835

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA835	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.139 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc174',
    500: '#dca835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca835;
$custom-light: #ecc174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.317,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76072,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA835

secondary

#93A9DA

accent

#72ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA835

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

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