#DCB44E#DCB44E

#DCB44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB44E
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, 3.39, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 56.04, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0055 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.128 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2141, 48.4111, 14.0637)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB44E #4E76DC

analogous

#DC6D4E #DCB44E #BDDC4E

triadic

#DCB44E #4EDCB4 #B44EDC

tetradic

#DCB44E #4EDC6D #4E76DC #DC4EBD

square

#DCB44E #4EDC6D #4E76DC #DC4EBD

split-complementary

#DCB44E #4EBDDC #6D4EDC

monochromatic

#93711D #C69927 #DCB44E #E6CA81 #F0DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#DCB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB44E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB44E	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)

#C7B343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca84',
    500: '#dcb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb44e;
$custom-light: #eaca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78651,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB44E

secondary

#A7B7DF

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB44E

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

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