#DCA855#DCA855

#DCA855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA855
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 10.21, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 50.46, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0263 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.118 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1601, 43.8799, 14.6837)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA855 #5589DC

analogous

#DC6555 #DCA855 #CDDC55

triadic

#DCA855 #55DCA8 #A855DC

tetradic

#DCA855 #55DC65 #5589DC #DC55CD

square

#DCA855 #55DC65 #5589DC #DC55CD

split-complementary

#DCA855 #55CDDC #6555DC

monochromatic

#97691F #CA8C2A #DCA855 #E6C288 #F1DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#DCA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA855

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA855	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac187',
    500: '#dca855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca855;
$custom-light: #eac187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76367,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA855

secondary

#ACC0E0

accent

#80E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA855

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

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