#DCA956#DCA956

#DCA956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA956
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 9.75, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 50.19, 78.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.025 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.117 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3854, 44.2666, 14.9562)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA956 #5689DC

analogous

#DC6656 #DCA956 #CCDC56

triadic

#DCA956 #56DCA9 #A956DC

tetradic

#DCA956 #56DC66 #5689DC #DC56CC

square

#DCA956 #56DC66 #5689DC #DC56CC

split-complementary

#DCA956 #56CCDC #6656DC

monochromatic

#986A20 #CB8E2A #DCA956 #E6C389 #F1DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#DCA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA956

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA956	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)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac288',
    500: '#dca956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca956;
$custom-light: #eac288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76573,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA956

secondary

#ADC1E1

accent

#80E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA956

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

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