#DCB248#DCB248

#DCB248 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.131 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB248
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 4.09, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 58.12, 85.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% 0.0067 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.131 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6079, 47.5272, 12.8484)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB248 #4872DC

analogous

#DC6848 #DCB248 #BCDC48

triadic

#DCB248 #48DCB2 #B248DC

tetradic

#DCB248 #48DC68 #4872DC #DC48BC

square

#DCB248 #48DC68 #4872DC #DC48BC

split-complementary

#DCB248 #48BCDC #6848DC

monochromatic

#8E6E1B #C29525 #DCB248 #E6C87B #F0DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DCB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#DCB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB248

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB248	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)

#C6B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.131 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc880',
    500: '#dcb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb248;
$custom-light: #ebc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB248

secondary

#A2B3DE

accent

#6EEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB248

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

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