#DCB049#DCB049

#DCB049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.129 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB049
RGB	rgb(220, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, 5.20, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 57.26, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% 0.0101 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.129 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2457, 46.7503, 12.8900)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB049 #4975DC

analogous

#DC6749 #DCB049 #BEDC49

triadic

#DCB049 #49DCB0 #B049DC

tetradic

#DCB049 #49DC67 #4975DC #DC49BE

square

#DCB049 #49DC67 #4975DC #DC49BE

split-complementary

#DCB049 #49BEDC #6749DC

monochromatic

#8F6C1C #C29325 #DCB049 #E6C67C #F0DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DCB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#DCB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB049

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB049	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)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.129 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc780',
    500: '#dcb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb049;
$custom-light: #ebc780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB049

secondary

#A3B4DE

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB049

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

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