#DCB444#DCB444

#DCB444 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.135 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB444
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 2.82, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 60.24, 87.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0026 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.135 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8824, 48.2784, 12.3170)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB444 #446CDC

analogous

#DC6844 #DCB444 #B8DC44

triadic

#DCB444 #44DCB4 #B444DC

tetradic

#DCB444 #44DC68 #446CDC #DC44B8

square

#DCB444 #44DC68 #446CDC #DC44B8

split-complementary

#DCB444 #44B8DC #6844DC

monochromatic

#8B6E1A #BF9624 #DCB444 #E6C978 #EFDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#DCB444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB444

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB444	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.135 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7e',
    500: '#dcb444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb444;
$custom-light: #ebca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78558,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB444

secondary

#9FAFDD

accent

#6AEB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB444

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

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