#DCB357#DCB357

#DCB357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB357
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 4.50, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 51.82, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0098 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.12 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3580, 48.1468, 15.8138)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB357 #5780DC

analogous

#DC7157 #DCB357 #C2DC57

triadic

#DCB357 #57DCB3 #B357DC

tetradic

#DCB357 #57DC71 #5780DC #DC57C2

square

#DCB357 #57DC71 #5780DC #DC57C2

split-complementary

#DCB357 #57C2DC #7157DC

monochromatic

#997320 #CB9A2A #DCB357 #E7CA8A #F1E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DCB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#DCB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB357

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB357	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)

#C6B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac989',
    500: '#dcb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb357;
$custom-light: #eac989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78548,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB357

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#50CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB357

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

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