#DCB252#DCB252

#DCB252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB252
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, 4.69, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 53.82, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% 0.0098 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.124 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9610, 47.6685, 14.7085)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB252 #527CDC

analogous

#DC6D52 #DCB252 #C1DC52

triadic

#DCB252 #52DCB2 #B252DC

tetradic

#DCB252 #52DC6D #527CDC #DC52C1

square

#DCB252 #52DC6D #527CDC #DC52C1

split-complementary

#DCB252 #52C1DC #6D52DC

monochromatic

#95711E #C89829 #DCB252 #E6C985 #F1DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#DCB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB252

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB252	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)

#C5B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac886',
    500: '#dcb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb252;
$custom-light: #eac886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78294,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB252

secondary

#AABAE0

accent

#72E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB252

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →