#DCB048#DCB048

#DCB048 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB048
RGB	rgb(220, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, 5.14, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 57.68, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0098 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.13 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2128, 46.7372, 12.7168)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB048 #4874DC

analogous

#DC6648 #DCB048 #BEDC48

triadic

#DCB048 #48DCB0 #B048DC

tetradic

#DCB048 #48DC66 #4874DC #DC48BE

square

#DCB048 #48DC66 #4874DC #DC48BE

split-complementary

#DCB048 #48BEDC #6648DC

monochromatic

#8E6C1B #C29325 #DCB048 #E6C67B #F0DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DCB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#DCB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB048

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB048	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc780',
    500: '#dcb048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb048;
$custom-light: #ebc780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77798,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB048

secondary

#A2B4DE

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB048

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

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