#DCA943#DCA943

#DCA943 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA943
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 8.59, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 58.36, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0192 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.131 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7190, 44.0000, 11.4466)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA943 #4376DC

analogous

#DC5D43 #DCA943 #C3DC43

triadic

#DCA943 #43DCA9 #A943DC

tetradic

#DCA943 #43DC5D #4376DC #DC43C3

square

#DCA943 #43DC5D #4376DC #DC43C3

split-complementary

#DCA943 #43C3DC #5D43DC

monochromatic

#8B651A #BE8B23 #DCA943 #E6C177 #EFD8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#DCA943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA943

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA943	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)

#BEAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc27c',
    500: '#dca943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca943;
$custom-light: #ebc27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76377,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA943

secondary

#9EB3DD

accent

#77EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA943

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

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