#DCB542#DCB542

#DCB542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.137 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB542
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 2.19, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 61.28, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% 0.0005 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.137 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0250, 48.6596, 12.0686)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB542 #4269DC

analogous

#DC6842 #DCB542 #B6DC42

triadic

#DCB542 #42DCB5 #B542DC

tetradic

#DCB542 #42DC68 #4269DC #DC42B6

square

#DCB542 #42DC68 #4269DC #DC42B6

split-complementary

#DCB542 #42B6DC #6842DC

monochromatic

#8A6E1A #BE9723 #DCB542 #E6C976 #EFDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DCB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB542

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB542	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.137 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7d',
    500: '#dcb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb542;
$custom-light: #ebca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.805,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78742,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB542

secondary

#9DADDD

accent

#69EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB542

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

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