#DCB453#DCB453

#DCB453 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.124 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB453
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, 3.70, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 53.85, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.007 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.124 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4002, 48.4855, 15.0439)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB453 #537BDC

analogous

#DC7053 #DCB453 #C0DC53

triadic

#DCB453 #53DCB4 #B453DC

tetradic

#DCB453 #53DC70 #537BDC #DC53C0

square

#DCB453 #53DC70 #537BDC #DC53C0

split-complementary

#DCB453 #53C0DC #7053DC

monochromatic

#96731F #C99A29 #DCB453 #E6CA86 #F1E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#DCB453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB453

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB453	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.124 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca87',
    500: '#dcb453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb453;
$custom-light: #eaca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78702,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB453

secondary

#ABBAE0

accent

#70E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB453

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

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