#DCB253#DCB253

#DCB253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.123 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB253
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 4.76, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 53.38, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0101 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.123 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9994, 47.6838, 14.9103)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB253 #537DDC

analogous

#DC6E53 #DCB253 #C2DC53

triadic

#DCB253 #53DCB2 #B253DC

tetradic

#DCB253 #53DC6E #537DDC #DC53C2

square

#DCB253 #53DC6E #537DDC #DC53C2

split-complementary

#DCB253 #53C2DC #6E53DC

monochromatic

#96711F #C99829 #DCB253 #E6C986 #F1E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DCB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB253

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB253	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.123 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac887',
    500: '#dcb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb253;
$custom-light: #eac887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78305,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB253

secondary

#ABBBE0

accent

#73E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB253

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

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