#DCB545#DCB545

#DCB545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.135 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB545
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 2.34, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 60.07, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0013 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.135 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1158, 48.6959, 12.5467)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB545 #456CDC

analogous

#DC6A45 #DCB545 #B8DC45

triadic

#DCB545 #45DCB5 #B545DC

tetradic

#DCB545 #45DC6A #456CDC #DC45B8

square

#DCB545 #45DC6A #456CDC #DC45B8

split-complementary

#DCB545 #45B8DC #6A45DC

monochromatic

#8C6F1A #C09824 #DCB545 #E6C979 #EFDEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#DCB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB545

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB545	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)

#C9B337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.135 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca7e',
    500: '#dcb545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb545;
$custom-light: #ebca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78767,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB545

secondary

#A0AFDD

accent

#6AEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB545

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

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