#DCB23E#DCB23E

#DCB23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB23E
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 3.57, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 62.15, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% 0.004 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.138 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3078, 47.4072, 11.2679)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB23E #3E68DC

analogous

#DC633E #DCB23E #B7DC3E

triadic

#DCB23E #3EDCB2 #B23EDC

tetradic

#DCB23E #3EDC63 #3E68DC #DC3EB7

square

#DCB23E #3EDC63 #3E68DC #DC3EB7

split-complementary

#DCB23E #3EB7DC #633EDC

monochromatic

#876A19 #BB9222 #DCB23E #E5C772 #EFDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DCB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#DCB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB23E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB23E	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)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc87a',
    500: '#dcb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb23e;
$custom-light: #ebc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7811,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB23E

secondary

#9AABDC

accent

#6BEC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB23E

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

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