#DCB257#DCB257

#DCB257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.120 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB257
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 5.03, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 51.58, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0114 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.12 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1583, 47.7474, 15.7473)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB257 #5781DC

analogous

#DC7057 #DCB257 #C3DC57

triadic

#DCB257 #57DCB2 #B257DC

tetradic

#DCB257 #57DC70 #5781DC #DC57C3

square

#DCB257 #57DC70 #5781DC #DC57C3

split-complementary

#DCB257 #57C3DC #7057DC

monochromatic

#997320 #CB992A #DCB257 #E7C98A #F1E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#DCB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB257

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB257	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)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.120 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac889',
    500: '#dcb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb257;
$custom-light: #eac889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7835,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB257

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#51CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB257

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

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