#DCB031#DCB031

#DCB031 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.144 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB031
RGB	rgb(220, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 77.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, 4.07, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 66.43, 86.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0041 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.144 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5977, 46.4911, 9.4772)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB031 #315DDC

analogous

#DC5A31 #DCB031 #B3DC31

triadic

#DCB031 #31DCB0 #B031DC

tetradic

#DCB031 #31DC5A #315DDC #DC31B3

square

#DCB031 #31DC5A #315DDC #DC31B3

split-complementary

#DCB031 #31B3DC #5A31DC

monochromatic

#7D6315 #B28C1E #DCB031 #E5C465 #EED89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DCB031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#DCB031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB031

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB031	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.144 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc773',
    500: '#dcb031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb031;
$custom-light: #ecc773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.561,
    "s": 70.954,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77623,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB031

secondary

#8FA2D9

accent

#68EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB031

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

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