#DCB550#DCB550

#DCB550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.127 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB550
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 2.98, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 55.42, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0045 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.127 88)
XYZ	xyz(47.4895, 48.8454, 14.5146)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB550 #5077DC

analogous

#DC6F50 #DCB550 #BDDC50

triadic

#DCB550 #50DCB5 #B550DC

tetradic

#DCB550 #50DC6F #5077DC #DC50BD

square

#DCB550 #50DC6F #5077DC #DC50BD

split-complementary

#DCB550 #50BDDC #6F50DC

monochromatic

#94731E #C79B28 #DCB550 #E6CB83 #F0E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#DCB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB550

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB550	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.127 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca85',
    500: '#dcb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb550;
$custom-light: #eaca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7887,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.48843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB550

secondary

#A8B8DF

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB550

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

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