#DCA957#DCA957

#DCA957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA957
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 9.82, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 49.74, 78.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% 0.0254 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.116 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4260, 44.2828, 15.1698)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA957 #578ADC

analogous

#DC6657 #DCA957 #CDDC57

triadic

#DCA957 #57DCA9 #A957DC

tetradic

#DCA957 #57DC66 #578ADC #DC57CD

square

#DCA957 #57DC66 #578ADC #DC57CD

split-complementary

#DCA957 #57CDDC #6657DC

monochromatic

#996A20 #CB8E2A #DCA957 #E7C38A #F1DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCA957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#DCA957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA957

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA957	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac289',
    500: '#dca957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca957;
$custom-light: #eac289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76585,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA957

secondary

#AEC1E1

accent

#5ECD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA957

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

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