#DCB544#DCB544

#DCB544 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.135 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB544
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 2.29, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 60.48, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0011 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.135 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0850, 48.6836, 12.3846)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB544 #446BDC

analogous

#DC6944 #DCB544 #B7DC44

triadic

#DCB544 #44DCB5 #B544DC

tetradic

#DCB544 #44DC69 #446BDC #DC44B7

square

#DCB544 #44DC69 #446BDC #DC44B7

split-complementary

#DCB544 #44B7DC #6944DC

monochromatic

#8B6E1A #BF9724 #DCB544 #E6C978 #EFDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#DCB544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB544

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB544	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.135 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7e',
    500: '#dcb544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb544;
$custom-light: #ebca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.605,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78758,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB544

secondary

#9FAFDD

accent

#69EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB544

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

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