#DCB340#DCB340

#DCB340 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.137 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB340
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 3.14, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 61.60, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.003 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.137 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5634, 47.8289, 11.6289)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB340 #4069DC

analogous

#DC6540 #DCB340 #B7DC40

triadic

#DCB340 #40DCB3 #B340DC

tetradic

#DCB340 #40DC65 #4069DC #DC40B7

square

#DCB340 #40DC65 #4069DC #DC40B7

split-complementary

#DCB340 #40B7DC #6540DC

monochromatic

#896B19 #BC9423 #DCB340 #E5C874 #EFDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DCB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB340

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB340	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.137 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc97b',
    500: '#dcb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb340;
$custom-light: #ebc97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.231,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78326,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB340

secondary

#9BADDC

accent

#6AEC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB340

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

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