#DCB245#DCB245

#DCB245 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.133 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB245
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 3.92, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 59.37, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% 0.0059 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.133 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5124, 47.4890, 12.3455)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB245 #456FDC

analogous

#DC6745 #DCB245 #BBDC45

triadic

#DCB245 #45DCB2 #B245DC

tetradic

#DCB245 #45DC67 #456FDC #DC45BB

square

#DCB245 #45DC67 #456FDC #DC45BB

split-complementary

#DCB245 #45BBDC #6745DC

monochromatic

#8C6D1A #C09424 #DCB245 #E6C779 #EFDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DCB245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#DCB245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB245

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB245	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.133 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc87e',
    500: '#dcb245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb245;
$custom-light: #ebc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78168,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB245

secondary

#A0B1DD

accent

#6DEB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB245

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

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