#DCB557#DCB557

#DCB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.121 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB557
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, 3.45, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 52.31, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0068 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.121 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7617, 48.9543, 15.9484)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB557 #577EDC

analogous

#DC7257 #DCB557 #C0DC57

triadic

#DCB557 #57DCB5 #B557DC

tetradic

#DCB557 #57DC72 #577EDC #DC57C0

square

#DCB557 #57DC72 #577EDC #DC57C0

split-complementary

#DCB557 #57C0DC #7257DC

monochromatic

#997520 #CB9C2A #DCB557 #E7CB8A #F1E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#DCB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB557

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB557	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)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.121 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca89',
    500: '#dcb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb557;
$custom-light: #eaca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB557

secondary

#AEBDE1

accent

#4DCD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB557

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

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