#DCA850#DCA850

#DCA850 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.121 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA850
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 9.88, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 52.67, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0246 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.121 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9684, 43.8032, 13.6743)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA850 #5084DC

analogous

#DC6250 #DCA850 #CADC50

triadic

#DCA850 #50DCA8 #A850DC

tetradic

#DCA850 #50DC62 #5084DC #DC50CA

square

#DCA850 #50DC62 #5084DC #DC50CA

split-complementary

#DCA850 #50CADC #6250DC

monochromatic

#94681E #C78C28 #DCA850 #E6C183 #F0DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#DCA850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA850

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA850	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.121 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc184',
    500: '#dca850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca850;
$custom-light: #ebc184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA850

secondary

#A8BDDF

accent

#7EEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA850

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

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