#DCA851#DCA851

#DCA851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.121 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA851
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 9.94, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 52.23, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0249 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.121 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0056, 43.8181, 13.8703)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA851 #5185DC

analogous

#DC6351 #DCA851 #CBDC51

triadic

#DCA851 #51DCA8 #A851DC

tetradic

#DCA851 #51DC63 #5185DC #DC51CB

square

#DCA851 #51DC63 #5185DC #DC51CB

split-complementary

#DCA851 #51CBDC #6351DC

monochromatic

#95681E #C88C28 #DCA851 #E6C184 #F0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#DCA851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA851

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA851	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)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.121 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc185',
    500: '#dca851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca851;
$custom-light: #ebc185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA851

secondary

#A9BEE0

accent

#7EE93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA851

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

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