#DCB457#DCB457

#DCB457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.120 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB457
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 3.98, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 52.06, 85.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0083 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.12 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5591, 48.5491, 15.8809)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB457 #577FDC

analogous

#DC7257 #DCB457 #C1DC57

triadic

#DCB457 #57DCB4 #B457DC

tetradic

#DCB457 #57DC72 #577FDC #DC57C1

square

#DCB457 #57DC72 #577FDC #DC57C1

split-complementary

#DCB457 #57C1DC #7257DC

monochromatic

#997420 #CB9B2A #DCB457 #E7CB8A #F1E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DCB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB457

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB457	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)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.120 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca89',
    500: '#dcb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb457;
$custom-light: #eaca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78746,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB457

secondary

#AEBDE1

accent

#4FCD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB457

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

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