#DCA959#DCA959

#DCA959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA959
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 9.96, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 48.84, 78.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.026 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.115 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5088, 44.3159, 15.6061)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA959 #598CDC

analogous

#DC6759 #DCA959 #CEDC59

triadic

#DCA959 #59DCA9 #A959DC

tetradic

#DCA959 #59DC67 #598CDC #DC59CE

square

#DCA959 #59DC67 #598CDC #DC59CE

split-complementary

#DCA959 #59CEDC #6759DC

monochromatic

#9A6B20 #CD8E2B #DCA959 #E7C38C #F1DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCA959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#DCA959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA959

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA959	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)

#BDAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac28a',
    500: '#dca959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca959;
$custom-light: #eac28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76609,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA959

secondary

#AFC3E1

accent

#5FCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA959

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

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