#DCB551#DCB551

#DCB551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB551
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 3.05, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 54.98, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0048 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.126 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5267, 48.8603, 14.7107)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB551 #5178DC

analogous

#DC7051 #DCB551 #BEDC51

triadic

#DCB551 #51DCB5 #B551DC

tetradic

#DCB551 #51DC70 #5178DC #DC51BE

square

#DCB551 #51DC70 #5178DC #DC51BE

split-complementary

#DCB551 #51BEDC #7051DC

monochromatic

#95731E #C89B28 #DCB551 #E6CB84 #F0E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#DCB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB551

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB551	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)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca86',
    500: '#dcb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb551;
$custom-light: #eaca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.165,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78881,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB551

secondary

#A9B8E0

accent

#6EE93E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB551

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

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