#DCB243#DCB243

#DCB243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.135 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB243
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, 3.82, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 60.18, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.0053 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.135 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4513, 47.4646, 12.0241)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB243 #436DDC

analogous

#DC6643 #DCB243 #BADC43

triadic

#DCB243 #43DCB2 #B243DC

tetradic

#DCB243 #43DC66 #436DDC #DC43BA

square

#DCB243 #43DC66 #436DDC #DC43BA

split-complementary

#DCB243 #43BADC #6643DC

monochromatic

#8B6C1A #BE9423 #DCB243 #E6C777 #EFDCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DCB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#DCB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB243

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB243	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.135 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc87d',
    500: '#dcb243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb243;
$custom-light: #ebc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78151,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB243

secondary

#9EAFDD

accent

#6CEB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB243

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

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