#DCB541#DCB541

#DCB541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.138 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB541
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 2.14, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 61.67, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0003 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.138 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9958, 48.6479, 11.9147)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB541 #4168DC

analogous

#DC6741 #DCB541 #B6DC41

triadic

#DCB541 #41DCB5 #B541DC

tetradic

#DCB541 #41DC67 #4168DC #DC41B6

square

#DCB541 #41DC67 #4168DC #DC41B6

split-complementary

#DCB541 #41B6DC #6741DC

monochromatic

#896D19 #BD9623 #DCB541 #E6C975 #EFDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DCB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB541

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB541	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.138 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7c',
    500: '#dcb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb541;
$custom-light: #ebca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.903,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78734,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB541

secondary

#9CACDD

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB541

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

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