#DCA940#DCA940

#DCA940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.133 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA940
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 8.44, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 59.57, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0183 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.133 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6313, 43.9649, 10.9849)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA940 #4073DC

analogous

#DC5B40 #DCA940 #C1DC40

triadic

#DCA940 #40DCA9 #A940DC

tetradic

#DCA940 #40DC5B #4073DC #DC40C1

square

#DCA940 #40DC5B #4073DC #DC40C1

split-complementary

#DCA940 #40C1DC #5B40DC

monochromatic

#896419 #BC8A23 #DCA940 #E5C074 #EFD8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#DCA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA940

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA940	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.133 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc27b',
    500: '#dca940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca940;
$custom-light: #ebc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76351,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA940

secondary

#9BB1DC

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA940

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

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