#DCA838#DCA838

#DCA838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA838
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 8.60, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 62.49, 82.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0179 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.137 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2345, 43.5097, 9.8090)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA838 #386CDC

analogous

#DC5638 #DCA838 #BEDC38

triadic

#DCA838 #38DCA8 #A838DC

tetradic

#DCA838 #38DC56 #386CDC #DC38BE

square

#DCA838 #38DC56 #386CDC #DC38BE

split-complementary

#DCA838 #38BEDC #5638DC

monochromatic

#836017 #B78720 #DCA838 #E5BF6C #EED6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#DCA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA838

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA838	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BEA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc176',
    500: '#dca838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca838;
$custom-light: #ecc176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76093,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA838

secondary

#95ABDB

accent

#73ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA838

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

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