#DCB549#DCB549

#DCB549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.132 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB549
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 2.56, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 58.42, 87.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0025 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.132 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2442, 48.7473, 13.2228)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB549 #4970DC

analogous

#DC6C49 #DCB549 #B9DC49

triadic

#DCB549 #49DCB5 #B549DC

tetradic

#DCB549 #49DC6C #4970DC #DC49B9

square

#DCB549 #49DC6C #4970DC #DC49B9

split-complementary

#DCB549 #49B9DC #6C49DC

monochromatic

#8F701C #C29925 #DCB549 #E6CA7C #F0DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#DCB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB549

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB549	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)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.132 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca81',
    500: '#dcb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb549;
$custom-light: #ebca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78802,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB549

secondary

#A3B2DE

accent

#6BEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB549

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

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