#DCA941#DCA941

#DCA941 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA941
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 8.49, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 59.17, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.0186 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.132 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6601, 43.9764, 11.1361)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA941 #4174DC

analogous

#DC5B41 #DCA941 #C1DC41

triadic

#DCA941 #41DCA9 #A941DC

tetradic

#DCA941 #41DC5B #4174DC #DC41C1

square

#DCA941 #41DC5B #4174DC #DC41C1

split-complementary

#DCA941 #41C1DC #5B41DC

monochromatic

#896419 #BD8A23 #DCA941 #E6C075 #EFD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#DCA941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA941

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA941	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)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc27b',
    500: '#dca941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca941;
$custom-light: #ebc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.258,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA941

secondary

#9CB1DD

accent

#76EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA941

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

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