#DCB255#DCB255

#DCB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.121 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB255
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, 4.89, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 52.48, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0107 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.121 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0777, 47.7152, 15.3229)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB255 #557FDC

analogous

#DC6E55 #DCB255 #C3DC55

triadic

#DCB255 #55DCB2 #B255DC

tetradic

#DCB255 #55DC6E #557FDC #DC55C3

square

#DCB255 #55DC6E #557FDC #DC55C3

split-complementary

#DCB255 #55C3DC #6E55DC

monochromatic

#97721F #CA982A #DCB255 #E6C988 #F1E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DCB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB255

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB255	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)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.121 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac888',
    500: '#dcb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb255;
$custom-light: #eac888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78327,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB255

secondary

#ACBDE0

accent

#74E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB255

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

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