#DCB455#DCB455

#DCB455 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.122 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB455
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, 3.84, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 52.96, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0076 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.122 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4785, 48.5168, 15.4565)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB455 #557DDC

analogous

#DC7055 #DCB455 #C1DC55

triadic

#DCB455 #55DCB4 #B455DC

tetradic

#DCB455 #55DC70 #557DDC #DC55C1

square

#DCB455 #55DC70 #557DDC #DC55C1

split-complementary

#DCB455 #55C1DC #7055DC

monochromatic

#97741F #CA9B2A #DCB455 #E6CA88 #F1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#DCB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB455

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB455	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)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.122 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca88',
    500: '#dcb455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb455;
$custom-light: #eaca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB455

secondary

#ACBCE0

accent

#71E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB455

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

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