#DCB355#DCB355

#DCB355 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB355
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 4.37, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 52.72, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0092 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.122 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2774, 48.1146, 15.3894)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB355 #557EDC

analogous

#DC7055 #DCB355 #C1DC55

triadic

#DCB355 #55DCB3 #B355DC

tetradic

#DCB355 #55DC70 #557EDC #DC55C1

square

#DCB355 #55DC70 #557EDC #DC55C1

split-complementary

#DCB355 #55C1DC #7055DC

monochromatic

#97731F #CA992A #DCB355 #E6CA88 #F1E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DCB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#DCB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB355

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB355	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac988',
    500: '#dcb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb355;
$custom-light: #eac988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78525,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB355

secondary

#ACBCE0

accent

#73E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB355

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

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