#DCB239#DCB239

#DCB239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.141 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB239
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 3.34, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 64.03, 87.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0028 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.141 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1768, 47.3548, 10.5783)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB239 #3963DC

analogous

#DC6139 #DCB239 #B5DC39

triadic

#DCB239 #39DCB2 #B239DC

tetradic

#DCB239 #39DC61 #3963DC #DC39B5

square

#DCB239 #39DC61 #3963DC #DC39B5

split-complementary

#DCB239 #39B5DC #6139DC

monochromatic

#836817 #B79020 #DCB239 #E5C66D #EEDAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DCB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#DCB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB239

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB239	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)

#C7B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.141 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc877',
    500: '#dcb239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb239;
$custom-light: #ebc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.54,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78074,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB239

secondary

#96A8DB

accent

#69ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB239

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

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