#DCB350#DCB350

#DCB350 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.126 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB350
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 4.04, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 54.93, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0076 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.126 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0857, 48.0379, 14.3800)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB350 #5079DC

analogous

#DC6D50 #DCB350 #BFDC50

triadic

#DCB350 #50DCB3 #B350DC

tetradic

#DCB350 #50DC6D #5079DC #DC50BF

square

#DCB350 #50DC6D #5079DC #DC50BF

split-complementary

#DCB350 #50BFDC #6D50DC

monochromatic

#94711E #C79828 #DCB350 #E6C983 #F0DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DCB350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#DCB350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB350

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB350	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.126 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac985',
    500: '#dcb350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb350;
$custom-light: #eac985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78472,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB350

secondary

#A8B8DF

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB350

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

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