#DCA978#DCA978

#DCA978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.088 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA978
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(29, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, 12.64, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 34.83, 68.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0376 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.088 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0952, 44.9505, 23.9614)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA978 #78ABDC

analogous

#DC7879 #DCA978 #DCDB78

triadic

#DCA978 #78DCA9 #A978DC

tetradic

#DCA978 #79DC78 #78ABDC #DB78DC

square

#DCA978 #79DC78 #78ABDC #DB78DC

split-complementary

#DCA978 #78DCDB #7879DC

monochromatic

#AD6C2D #CF8A47 #DCA978 #E9C8A9 #F5E7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#DCA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#DCA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA978

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA978	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.088 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c29f',
    500: '#dca978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca978;
$custom-light: #e9c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA978

secondary

#C8D8E8

accent

#74C61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA978

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

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