#DCA842#DCA842

#DCA842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.131 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA842
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 9.07, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 58.59, 81.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0204 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.131 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5040, 43.6175, 11.2282)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA842 #4276DC

analogous

#DC5B42 #DCA842 #C3DC42

triadic

#DCA842 #42DCA8 #A842DC

tetradic

#DCA842 #42DC5B #4276DC #DC42C3

square

#DCA842 #42DC5B #4276DC #DC42C3

split-complementary

#DCA842 #42C3DC #5B42DC

monochromatic

#8A641A #BE8923 #DCA842 #E6C076 #EFD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#DCA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA842

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA842	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)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.131 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc17c',
    500: '#dca842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca842;
$custom-light: #ebc17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.74,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76173,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA842

secondary

#9DB3DD

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA842

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

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