#DCA856#DCA856

#DCA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA856
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 10.28, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 50.02, 78.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0266 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.117 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2001, 43.8959, 14.8944)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA856 #568ADC

analogous

#DC6556 #DCA856 #CDDC56

triadic

#DCA856 #56DCA8 #A856DC

tetradic

#DCA856 #56DC65 #568ADC #DC56CD

square

#DCA856 #56DC65 #568ADC #DC56CD

split-complementary

#DCA856 #56CDDC #6556DC

monochromatic

#986920 #CB8C2A #DCA856 #E6C289 #F1DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#DCA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA856

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA856	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)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac188',
    500: '#dca856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca856;
$custom-light: #eac188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76379,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA856

secondary

#ADC1E1

accent

#81E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA856

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

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