#DCB249#DCB249

#DCB249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.130 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB249
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 4.14, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 57.71, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% 0.007 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.13 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6407, 47.5404, 13.0216)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB249 #4973DC

analogous

#DC6849 #DCB249 #BDDC49

triadic

#DCB249 #49DCB2 #B249DC

tetradic

#DCB249 #49DC68 #4973DC #DC49BD

square

#DCB249 #49DC68 #4973DC #DC49BD

split-complementary

#DCB249 #49BDDC #6849DC

monochromatic

#8F6E1C #C29625 #DCB249 #E6C87C #F0DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DCB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#DCB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB249

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB249	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.130 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc881',
    500: '#dcb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb249;
$custom-light: #ebc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78204,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB249

secondary

#A3B4DE

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB249

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

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