#DCA981#DCA981

#DCA981 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.081 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA981
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 129)
HSL	hsl(26, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(26, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, 13.59, 27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 30.99, 64.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0412 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.081 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6673, 45.1793, 26.9744)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA981 #81B4DC

analogous

#DC8186 #DCA981 #DCD781

triadic

#DCA981 #81DCA9 #A981DC

tetradic

#DCA981 #86DC81 #81B4DC #D781DC

square

#DCA981 #86DC81 #81B4DC #D781DC

split-complementary

#DCA981 #81DCD7 #8186DC

monochromatic

#B16A31 #CF8851 #DCA981 #E9CAB1 #F7EAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DCA981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#DCA981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA981

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA981	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.081 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c2a6',
    500: '#dca981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca981;
$custom-light: #e9c2a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.374,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA981

secondary

#CFDEEA

accent

#7DC421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA981

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

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