#DCB449#DCB449

#DCB449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.131 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB449
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, 3.09, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 58.18, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% 0.004 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.131 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0416, 48.3421, 13.1553)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB449 #4971DC

analogous

#DC6A49 #DCB449 #BBDC49

triadic

#DCB449 #49DCB4 #B449DC

tetradic

#DCB449 #49DC6A #4971DC #DC49BB

square

#DCB449 #49DC6A #4971DC #DC49BB

split-complementary

#DCB449 #49BBDC #6A49DC

monochromatic

#8F701C #C29825 #DCB449 #E6C97C #F0DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#DCB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB449

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB449	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)

#C8B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.131 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca81',
    500: '#dcb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb449;
$custom-light: #ebca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78603,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB449

secondary

#A3B3DE

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB449

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

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