#DCA853#DCA853

#DCA853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA853
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 10.07, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 51.35, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0256 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.119 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0817, 43.8486, 14.2711)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA853 #5387DC

analogous

#DC6353 #DCA853 #CCDC53

triadic

#DCA853 #53DCA8 #A853DC

tetradic

#DCA853 #53DC63 #5387DC #DC53CC

square

#DCA853 #53DC63 #5387DC #DC53CC

split-complementary

#DCA853 #53CCDC #6353DC

monochromatic

#96691F #C98C29 #DCA853 #E6C286 #F1DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#DCA853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA853

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA853	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)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac186',
    500: '#dca853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca853;
$custom-light: #eac186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76344,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA853

secondary

#ABBFE0

accent

#7FE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA853

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

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