#DCB451#DCB451

#DCB451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.125 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB451
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 3.57, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 54.74, 86.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0064 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.125 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3241, 48.4551, 14.6431)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB451 #5179DC

analogous

#DC6F51 #DCB451 #BFDC51

triadic

#DCB451 #51DCB4 #B451DC

tetradic

#DCB451 #51DC6F #5179DC #DC51BF

square

#DCB451 #51DC6F #5179DC #DC51BF

split-complementary

#DCB451 #51BFDC #6F51DC

monochromatic

#95731E #C89A28 #DCB451 #E6CA84 #F0E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#DCB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB451

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB451	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.125 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca86',
    500: '#dcb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb451;
$custom-light: #eaca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78681,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB451

secondary

#A9B9E0

accent

#70E93E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB451

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

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