#DCA962#DCA962

#DCA962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.107 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA962
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 10.64, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 44.76, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0292 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.107 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9101, 44.4764, 17.7196)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA962 #6295DC

analogous

#DC6C62 #DCA962 #D2DC62

triadic

#DCA962 #62DCA9 #A962DC

tetradic

#DCA962 #62DC6C #6295DC #DC62D2

square

#DCA962 #62DC6C #6295DC #DC62D2

split-complementary

#DCA962 #62D2DC #6C62DC

monochromatic

#A06C24 #D18E30 #DCA962 #E7C494 #F2E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DCA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#DCA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA962

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA962	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.107 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac290',
    500: '#dca962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca962;
$custom-light: #eac290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.918,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76727,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA962

secondary

#B7C9E3

accent

#64CB1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA962

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

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