#DCA942#DCA942

#DCA942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA942
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 8.54, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 58.77, 81.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0189 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.132 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6893, 43.9881, 11.2900)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA942 #4275DC

analogous

#DC5C42 #DCA942 #C2DC42

triadic

#DCA942 #42DCA9 #A942DC

tetradic

#DCA942 #42DC5C #4275DC #DC42C2

square

#DCA942 #42DC5C #4275DC #DC42C2

split-complementary

#DCA942 #42C2DC #5C42DC

monochromatic

#8A651A #BE8A23 #DCA942 #E6C076 #EFD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#DCA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA942

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA942	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc27c',
    500: '#dca942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca942;
$custom-light: #ebc27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.13,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76368,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA942

secondary

#9DB2DD

accent

#76EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA942

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

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