#DCB259#DCB259

#DCB259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB259
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 5.17, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 50.68, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% 0.012 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.118 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2411, 47.7805, 16.1836)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB259 #5983DC

analogous

#DC7059 #DCB259 #C5DC59

triadic

#DCB259 #59DCB2 #B259DC

tetradic

#DCB259 #59DC70 #5983DC #DC59C5

square

#DCB259 #59DC70 #5983DC #DC59C5

split-complementary

#DCB259 #59C5DC #7059DC

monochromatic

#9A7320 #CD992B #DCB259 #E7C98C #F1E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#DCB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB259

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB259	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac88b',
    500: '#dcb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb259;
$custom-light: #eac88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.763,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78373,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB259

secondary

#AFBFE1

accent

#52CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB259

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

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