#DCB256#DCB256

#DCB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.120 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB256
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 4.96, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 52.03, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.011 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.12 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1177, 47.7312, 15.5336)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB256 #5680DC

analogous

#DC6F56 #DCB256 #C3DC56

triadic

#DCB256 #56DCB2 #B256DC

tetradic

#DCB256 #56DC6F #5680DC #DC56C3

square

#DCB256 #56DC6F #5680DC #DC56C3

split-complementary

#DCB256 #56C3DC #6F56DC

monochromatic

#987220 #CB982A #DCB256 #E6C989 #F1E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#DCB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB256

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB256	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.120 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac889',
    500: '#dcb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb256;
$custom-light: #eac889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78338,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB256

secondary

#ADBDE1

accent

#74E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB256

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

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