#DCA852#DCA852

#DCA852 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA852
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 10.01, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 51.79, 78.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0253 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.12 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0434, 43.8332, 14.0693)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA852 #5286DC

analogous

#DC6352 #DCA852 #CBDC52

triadic

#DCA852 #52DCA8 #A852DC

tetradic

#DCA852 #52DC63 #5286DC #DC52CB

square

#DCA852 #52DC63 #5286DC #DC52CB

split-complementary

#DCA852 #52CBDC #6352DC

monochromatic

#95681E #C88C29 #DCA852 #E6C285 #F1DBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#DCA852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA852

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA852	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc185',
    500: '#dca852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca852;
$custom-light: #ebc185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76333,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA852

secondary

#AABEE0

accent

#7FE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA852

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

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