#DCB356#DCB356

#DCB356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB356
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 4.43, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 52.27, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0095 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.121 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3174, 48.1306, 15.6002)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB356 #567FDC

analogous

#DC7056 #DCB356 #C2DC56

triadic

#DCB356 #56DCB3 #B356DC

tetradic

#DCB356 #56DC70 #567FDC #DC56C2

square

#DCB356 #56DC70 #567FDC #DC56C2

split-complementary

#DCB356 #56C2DC #7056DC

monochromatic

#987320 #CB9A2A #DCB356 #E6CA89 #F1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DCB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#DCB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB356

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB356	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac989',
    500: '#dcb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb356;
$custom-light: #eac989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78536,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB356

secondary

#ADBDE1

accent

#73E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB356

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

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