#DCB459#DCB459

#DCB459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB459
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 4.12, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 51.16, 85.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.009 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.119 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6420, 48.5822, 16.3172)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB459 #5981DC

analogous

#DC7259 #DCB459 #C3DC59

triadic

#DCB459 #59DCB4 #B459DC

tetradic

#DCB459 #59DC72 #5981DC #DC59C3

square

#DCB459 #59DC72 #5981DC #DC59C3

split-complementary

#DCB459 #59C3DC #7259DC

monochromatic

#9A7520 #CD9B2B #DCB459 #E7CB8C #F1E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#DCB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB459

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB459	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca8b',
    500: '#dcb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb459;
$custom-light: #eaca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB459

secondary

#AFBFE1

accent

#50CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB459

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

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