#DCB548#DCB548

#DCB548 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.133 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB548
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 2.51, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 58.84, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.0022 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.133 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2113, 48.7341, 13.0496)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB548 #486FDC

analogous

#DC6B48 #DCB548 #B9DC48

triadic

#DCB548 #48DCB5 #B548DC

tetradic

#DCB548 #48DC6B #486FDC #DC48B9

square

#DCB548 #48DC6B #486FDC #DC48B9

split-complementary

#DCB548 #48B9DC #6B48DC

monochromatic

#8E701B #C29825 #DCB548 #E6CA7B #F0DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#DCB548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB548

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB548	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.133 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca80',
    500: '#dcb548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb548;
$custom-light: #ebca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78793,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB548

secondary

#A2B2DE

accent

#6BEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB548

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

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