#DCB44C#DCB44C

#DCB44C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.129 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB44C
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 3.27, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 56.90, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% 0.0049 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.129 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1435, 48.3828, 13.6918)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB44C #4C74DC

analogous

#DC6C4C #DCB44C #BCDC4C

triadic

#DCB44C #4CDCB4 #B44CDC

tetradic

#DCB44C #4CDC6C #4C74DC #DC4CBC

square

#DCB44C #4CDC6C #4C74DC #DC4CBC

split-complementary

#DCB44C #4CBCDC #6C4CDC

monochromatic

#91711C #C49926 #DCB44C #E6C97F #F0DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#DCB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB44C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB44C	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.129 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca82',
    500: '#dcb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb44c;
$custom-light: #ebca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78631,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB44C

secondary

#A5B5DF

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB44C

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

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