#DCB159#DCB159

#DCB159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB159
RGB	rgb(220, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 5.70, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 50.45, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0136 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.117 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0429, 47.3841, 16.1175)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB159 #5984DC

analogous

#DC6F59 #DCB159 #C6DC59

triadic

#DCB159 #59DCB1 #B159DC

tetradic

#DCB159 #59DC6F #5984DC #DC59C6

square

#DCB159 #59DC6F #5984DC #DC59C6

split-complementary

#DCB159 #59C6DC #6F59DC

monochromatic

#9A7220 #CD982B #DCB159 #E7C98C #F1E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DCB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#DCB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB159

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB159	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac88a',
    500: '#dcb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb159;
$custom-light: #eac88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78175,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB159

secondary

#AFC0E1

accent

#54CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB159

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

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