#DCA973#DCA973

#DCA973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.092 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA973
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 115)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, 12.15, 35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 37.04, 70.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0356 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.092 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7997, 44.8323, 22.4048)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA973 #73A6DC

analogous

#DC7473 #DCA973 #DADC73

triadic

#DCA973 #73DCA9 #A973DC

tetradic

#DCA973 #73DC74 #73A6DC #DC73DA

square

#DCA973 #73DC74 #73A6DC #DC73DA

split-complementary

#DCA973 #73DADC #7473DC

monochromatic

#AA6C2B #D08B42 #DCA973 #E8C7A4 #F4E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCA973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#DCA973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA973

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA973	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.092 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c29c',
    500: '#dca973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca973;
$custom-light: #e9c29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76988,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA973

secondary

#C4D5E7

accent

#70C81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA973

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

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