#DCB43E#DCB43E

#DCB43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB43E
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 2.52, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 62.60, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.001 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.139 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7086, 48.2089, 11.4016)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB43E #3E66DC

analogous

#DC653E #DCB43E #B5DC3E

triadic

#DCB43E #3EDCB4 #B43EDC

tetradic

#DCB43E #3EDC65 #3E66DC #DC3EB5

square

#DCB43E #3EDC65 #3E66DC #DC3EB5

split-complementary

#DCB43E #3EB5DC #653EDC

monochromatic

#876B19 #BB9422 #DCB43E #E5C872 #EFDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#DCB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB43E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB43E	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7a',
    500: '#dcb43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb43e;
$custom-light: #ebca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.81,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7851,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB43E

secondary

#9AABDC

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB43E

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

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