#DCB555#DCB555

#DCB555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.123 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB555
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, 3.31, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 53.21, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0061 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.123 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6811, 48.9220, 15.5240)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB555 #557CDC

analogous

#DC7255 #DCB555 #BFDC55

triadic

#DCB555 #55DCB5 #B555DC

tetradic

#DCB555 #55DC72 #557CDC #DC55BF

square

#DCB555 #55DC72 #557CDC #DC55BF

split-complementary

#DCB555 #55BFDC #7255DC

monochromatic

#97751F #CA9C2A #DCB555 #E6CB88 #F1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#DCB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB555

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB555	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.123 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca88',
    500: '#dcb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb555;
$custom-light: #eaca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78923,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB555

secondary

#ACBBE0

accent

#70E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB555

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

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