#DCA951#DCA951

#DCA951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA951
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 9.41, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 52.41, 79.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0234 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.121 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1909, 44.1888, 13.9321)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA951 #5184DC

analogous

#DC6451 #DCA951 #C9DC51

triadic

#DCA951 #51DCA9 #A951DC

tetradic

#DCA951 #51DC64 #5184DC #DC51C9

square

#DCA951 #51DC64 #5184DC #DC51C9

split-complementary

#DCA951 #51C9DC #6451DC

monochromatic

#95691E #C88D28 #DCA951 #E6C284 #F0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#DCA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA951

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA951	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc285',
    500: '#dca951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca951;
$custom-light: #ebc285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76516,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA951

secondary

#A9BDE0

accent

#7DE93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA951

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

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