#DCB456#DCB456

#DCB456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.121 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB456
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 3.91, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 52.51, 85.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% 0.008 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.121 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5185, 48.5328, 15.6672)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB456 #567EDC

analogous

#DC7156 #DCB456 #C1DC56

triadic

#DCB456 #56DCB4 #B456DC

tetradic

#DCB456 #56DC71 #567EDC #DC56C1

square

#DCB456 #56DC71 #567EDC #DC56C1

split-complementary

#DCB456 #56C1DC #7156DC

monochromatic

#987420 #CB9B2A #DCB456 #E6CB89 #F1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DCB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB456

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB456	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.121 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca89',
    500: '#dcb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb456;
$custom-light: #eaca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78735,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB456

secondary

#ADBDE1

accent

#72E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB456

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

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