#DCB149#DCB149

#DCB149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.130 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB149
RGB	rgb(220, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 4.67, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 57.48, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0086 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.13 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4425, 47.1439, 12.9556)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB149 #4974DC

analogous

#DC6849 #DCB149 #BEDC49

triadic

#DCB149 #49DCB1 #B149DC

tetradic

#DCB149 #49DC68 #4974DC #DC49BE

square

#DCB149 #49DC68 #4974DC #DC49BE

split-complementary

#DCB149 #49BEDC #6849DC

monochromatic

#8F6D1C #C29425 #DCB149 #E6C77C #F0DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DCB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#DCB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB149

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB149	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.130 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc880',
    500: '#dcb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb149;
$custom-light: #ebc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB149

secondary

#A3B4DE

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB149

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

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