#DCA840#DCA840

#DCA840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA840
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 8.97, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 59.40, 81.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0199 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.133 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4460, 43.5943, 10.9231)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA840 #4074DC

analogous

#DC5A40 #DCA840 #C2DC40

triadic

#DCA840 #40DCA8 #A840DC

tetradic

#DCA840 #40DC5A #4074DC #DC40C2

square

#DCA840 #40DC5A #4074DC #DC40C2

split-complementary

#DCA840 #40C2DC #5A40DC

monochromatic

#896319 #BC8923 #DCA840 #E5C074 #EFD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#DCA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA840

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA840	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc17a',
    500: '#dca840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca840;
$custom-light: #ebc17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76156,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA840

secondary

#9BB1DC

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA840

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

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