#DCB448#DCB448

#DCB448 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.132 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB448
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 3.03, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 58.59, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0037 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.132 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0087, 48.3289, 12.9820)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB448 #4870DC

analogous

#DC6A48 #DCB448 #BADC48

triadic

#DCB448 #48DCB4 #B448DC

tetradic

#DCB448 #48DC6A #4870DC #DC48BA

square

#DCB448 #48DC6A #4870DC #DC48BA

split-complementary

#DCB448 #48BADC #6A48DC

monochromatic

#8E6F1B #C29725 #DCB448 #E6C97B #F0DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#DCB448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB448

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB448	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.132 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca80',
    500: '#dcb448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb448;
$custom-light: #ebca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78593,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB448

secondary

#A2B2DE

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB448

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

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