#DCB250#DCB250

#DCB250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.125 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB250
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 4.57, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 54.70, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.0091 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.125 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8860, 47.6385, 14.3135)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB250 #507ADC

analogous

#DC6C50 #DCB250 #C0DC50

triadic

#DCB250 #50DCB2 #B250DC

tetradic

#DCB250 #50DC6C #507ADC #DC50C0

square

#DCB250 #50DC6C #507ADC #DC50C0

split-complementary

#DCB250 #50C0DC #6C50DC

monochromatic

#94701E #C79728 #DCB250 #E6C883 #F0DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#DCB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB250

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB250	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.125 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac885',
    500: '#dcb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb250;
$custom-light: #eac885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78273,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB250

secondary

#A8B9DF

accent

#72EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB250

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

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