#DCA857#DCA857

#DCA857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA857
RGB	rgb(220, 168, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 10.35, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 49.57, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% 0.0269 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.116 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2406, 43.9121, 15.1081)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA857 #578BDC

analogous

#DC6557 #DCA857 #CEDC57

triadic

#DCA857 #57DCA8 #A857DC

tetradic

#DCA857 #57DC65 #578BDC #DC57CE

square

#DCA857 #57DC65 #578BDC #DC57CE

split-complementary

#DCA857 #57CEDC #6557DC

monochromatic

#996920 #CB8C2A #DCA857 #E7C28A #F1DCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#DCA857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA857

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA857	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)

#BCA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 168, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac189',
    500: '#dca857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca857;
$custom-light: #eac189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76391,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA857

secondary

#AEC2E1

accent

#5FCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA857

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

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