#DCA948#DCA948

#DCA948 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.128 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA948
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 8.86, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 56.29, 80.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0206 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.128 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8755, 44.0626, 12.2710)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA948 #487BDC

analogous

#DC5F48 #DCA948 #C5DC48

triadic

#DCA948 #48DCA9 #A948DC

tetradic

#DCA948 #48DC5F #487BDC #DC48C5

square

#DCA948 #48DC5F #487BDC #DC48C5

split-complementary

#DCA948 #48C5DC #5F48DC

monochromatic

#8E671B #C28C25 #DCA948 #E6C17B #F0D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#DCA948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA948

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA948	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.128 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc27f',
    500: '#dca948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca948;
$custom-light: #ebc27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76423,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA948

secondary

#A2B7DE

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA948

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

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