#DCA841#DCA841

#DCA841 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA841
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 9.02, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 59.00, 81.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0202 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.132 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4747, 43.6058, 11.0743)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA841 #4175DC

analogous

#DC5A41 #DCA841 #C2DC41

triadic

#DCA841 #41DCA8 #A841DC

tetradic

#DCA841 #41DC5A #4175DC #DC41C2

square

#DCA841 #41DC5A #4175DC #DC41C2

split-complementary

#DCA841 #41C2DC #5A41DC

monochromatic

#896419 #BD8923 #DCA841 #E6C075 #EFD7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#DCA841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA841

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA841	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)

#BDA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc17b',
    500: '#dca841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca841;
$custom-light: #ebc17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.871,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76164,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA841

secondary

#9CB2DD

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA841

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

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