#DCA949#DCA949

#DCA949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA949
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, 8.92, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 55.86, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0209 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.127 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9084, 44.0758, 12.4442)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA949 #497CDC

analogous

#DC6049 #DCA949 #C5DC49

triadic

#DCA949 #49DCA9 #A949DC

tetradic

#DCA949 #49DC60 #497CDC #DC49C5

square

#DCA949 #49DC60 #497CDC #DC49C5

split-complementary

#DCA949 #49C5DC #6049DC

monochromatic

#8F671C #C28C25 #DCA949 #E6C17C #F0DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#DCA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA949

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA949	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc280',
    500: '#dca949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca949;
$custom-light: #ebc280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76433,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA949

secondary

#A3B7DE

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA949

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

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