#DCA955#DCA955

#DCA955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA955
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 9.68, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 50.63, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0247 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.118 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3454, 44.2505, 14.7454)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA955 #5588DC

analogous

#DC6555 #DCA955 #CCDC55

triadic

#DCA955 #55DCA9 #A955DC

tetradic

#DCA955 #55DC65 #5588DC #DC55CC

square

#DCA955 #55DC65 #5588DC #DC55CC

split-complementary

#DCA955 #55CCDC #6555DC

monochromatic

#976A1F #CA8E2A #DCA955 #E6C388 #F1DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCA955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#DCA955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA955

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA955	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac287',
    500: '#dca955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca955;
$custom-light: #eac287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA955

secondary

#ACC0E0

accent

#7FE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA955

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

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