#DCB556#DCB556

#DCB556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.122 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB556
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 3.38, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 52.76, 86.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% 0.0064 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.122 87)
XYZ	xyz(47.7211, 48.9381, 15.7347)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB556 #567DDC

analogous

#DC7256 #DCB556 #C0DC56

triadic

#DCB556 #56DCB5 #B556DC

tetradic

#DCB556 #56DC72 #567DDC #DC56C0

square

#DCB556 #56DC72 #567DDC #DC56C0

split-complementary

#DCB556 #56C0DC #7256DC

monochromatic

#987520 #CB9C2A #DCB556 #E6CB89 #F1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#DCB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB556

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB556	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.122 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca89',
    500: '#dcb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb556;
$custom-light: #eaca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.48935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB556

secondary

#ADBCE1

accent

#70E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB556

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

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