#DCB44F#DCB44F

#DCB44F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.127 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB44F
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 3.45, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 55.61, 86.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0058 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.127 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2502, 48.4255, 14.2540)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB44F #4F77DC

analogous

#DC6D4F #DCB44F #BDDC4F

triadic

#DCB44F #4FDCB4 #B44FDC

tetradic

#DCB44F #4FDC6D #4F77DC #DC4FBD

square

#DCB44F #4FDC6D #4F77DC #DC4FBD

split-complementary

#DCB44F #4FBDDC #6D4FDC

monochromatic

#93721D #C69927 #DCB44F #E6CA82 #F0E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#DCB44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB44F

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB44F	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)

#C7B344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.127 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca84',
    500: '#dcb44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb44f;
$custom-light: #eaca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB44F

secondary

#A8B7DF

accent

#6FEA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB44F

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

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