#DCA83E#DCA83E

#DCA83E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.134 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA83E
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, 8.87, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 60.19, 81.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0194 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.134 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3901, 43.5719, 10.6287)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA83E #3E72DC

analogous

#DC593E #DCA83E #C1DC3E

triadic

#DCA83E #3EDCA8 #A83EDC

tetradic

#DCA83E #3EDC59 #3E72DC #DC3EC1

square

#DCA83E #3EDC59 #3E72DC #DC3EC1

split-complementary

#DCA83E #3EC1DC #593EDC

monochromatic

#876319 #BB8922 #DCA83E #E5BF72 #EFD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#DCA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA83E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA83E	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.134 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc179',
    500: '#dca83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca83e;
$custom-light: #ebc179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.253,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA83E

secondary

#9AB0DC

accent

#76EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA83E

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

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