#DCA849#DCA849

#DCA849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.127 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA849
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 9.45, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 55.69, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0225 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.127 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7231, 43.7051, 12.3824)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA849 #497DDC

analogous

#DC5F49 #DCA849 #C6DC49

triadic

#DCA849 #49DCA8 #A849DC

tetradic

#DCA849 #49DC5F #497DDC #DC49C6

square

#DCA849 #49DC5F #497DDC #DC49C6

split-complementary

#DCA849 #49C6DC #5F49DC

monochromatic

#8F661C #C28B25 #DCA849 #E6C17C #F0D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#DCA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA849

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA849	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.127 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc180',
    500: '#dca849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca849;
$custom-light: #ebc180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA849

secondary

#A3B8DE

accent

#7BEB3D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA849

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

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