#DCA935#DCA935

#DCA935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.139 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA935
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 7.94, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 63.75, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0156 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.139 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3486, 43.8519, 9.4959)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA935 #3568DC

analogous

#DC5535 #DCA935 #BBDC35

triadic

#DCA935 #35DCA9 #A935DC

tetradic

#DCA935 #35DC55 #3568DC #DC35BB

square

#DCA935 #35DC55 #3568DC #DC35BB

split-complementary

#DCA935 #35BBDC #5535DC

monochromatic

#806016 #B5871F #DCA935 #E5BF69 #EED59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#DCA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA935

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA935	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)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc274',
    500: '#dca935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca935;
$custom-light: #ecc274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.677,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76267,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA935

secondary

#93A8DA

accent

#71ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA935

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

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