#DCB157#DCB157

#DCB157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.119 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB157
RGB	rgb(220, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 5.56, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 51.35, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.0129 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.119 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9600, 47.3509, 15.6812)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB157 #5782DC

analogous

#DC6F57 #DCB157 #C4DC57

triadic

#DCB157 #57DCB1 #B157DC

tetradic

#DCB157 #57DC6F #5782DC #DC57C4

square

#DCB157 #57DC6F #5782DC #DC57C4

split-complementary

#DCB157 #57C4DC #6F57DC

monochromatic

#997220 #CB972A #DCB157 #E7C98A #F1E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DCB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#DCB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB157

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB157	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.119 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac889',
    500: '#dcb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb157;
$custom-light: #eac889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78152,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB157

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#53CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB157

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

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