#DCA950#DCA950

#DCA950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.122 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA950
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 9.35, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 52.84, 79.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0231 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.122 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1537, 44.1739, 13.7360)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA950 #5083DC

analogous

#DC6350 #DCA950 #C9DC50

triadic

#DCA950 #50DCA9 #A950DC

tetradic

#DCA950 #50DC63 #5083DC #DC50C9

square

#DCA950 #50DC63 #5083DC #DC50C9

split-complementary

#DCA950 #50C9DC #6350DC

monochromatic

#94691E #C78D28 #DCA950 #E6C283 #F0DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#DCA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA950

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA950	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.122 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc284',
    500: '#dca950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca950;
$custom-light: #ebc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76505,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA950

secondary

#A8BCDF

accent

#7DEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA950

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

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