#DCB543#DCB543

#DCB543 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.136 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB543
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 2.24, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 60.88, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0008 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.136 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0548, 48.6715, 12.2252)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB543 #436ADC

analogous

#DC6943 #DCB543 #B7DC43

triadic

#DCB543 #43DCB5 #B543DC

tetradic

#DCB543 #43DC69 #436ADC #DC43B7

square

#DCB543 #43DC69 #436ADC #DC43B7

split-complementary

#DCB543 #43B7DC #6943DC

monochromatic

#8B6E1A #BE9723 #DCB543 #E6C977 #EFDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DCB543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB543

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB543	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)

#C9B334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.136 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7d',
    500: '#dcb543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb543;
$custom-light: #ebca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7875,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB543

secondary

#9EAEDD

accent

#69EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB543

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

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