#DCB040#DCB040

#DCB040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB040
RGB	rgb(220, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, 4.72, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 60.94, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% 0.0076 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.136 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9686, 46.6395, 11.4306)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB040 #406CDC

analogous

#DC6240 #DCB040 #BADC40

triadic

#DCB040 #40DCB0 #B040DC

tetradic

#DCB040 #40DC62 #406CDC #DC40BA

square

#DCB040 #40DC62 #406CDC #DC40BA

split-complementary

#DCB040 #40BADC #6240DC

monochromatic

#896919 #BC9123 #DCB040 #E5C574 #EFDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DCB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#DCB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB040

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB040	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc77b',
    500: '#dcb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb040;
$custom-light: #ebc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77729,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB040

secondary

#9BAEDC

accent

#6EEC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB040

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

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