#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
RGBrgb(220, 178, 62)
HSLhsl(44, 69%, 55%)
HSVhsv(44, 72%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.1%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.45, 3.57, 62.05)
CIE-LCHlch(74.45, 62.15, 86.71°)
OKLaboklab(78.11% 0.004 0.1378)
OKLCHoklch(78.11% 0.138 88.3)
XYZxyz(46.3078, 47.4072, 11.2679)
Luminance0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##DCB23E1.002.0010.4810.48
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4821.001.001.00
##00000010.4821.001.001.00

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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#DCB23E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva