#DCB461#DCB461

#DCB461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.112 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB461
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 4.72, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 47.48, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0117 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.112 84)
XYZ	xyz(47.9963, 48.7240, 18.1836)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB461 #6189DC

analogous

#DC7761 #DCB461 #C7DC61

triadic

#DCB461 #61DCB4 #B461DC

tetradic

#DCB461 #61DC77 #6189DC #DC61C7

square

#DCB461 #61DC77 #6189DC #DC61C7

split-complementary

#DCB461 #61C7DC #7761DC

monochromatic

#9F7723 #D19C2F #DCB461 #E7CC93 #F2E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#DCB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB461

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB461	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.112 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca90',
    500: '#dcb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb461;
$custom-light: #eaca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78868,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.48721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB461

secondary

#B6C5E3

accent

#54CC1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB461

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

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