#DCB559#DCB559

#DCB559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB559
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 3.59, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 51.41, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0074 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.119 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8446, 48.9874, 16.3847)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB559 #5980DC

analogous

#DC7359 #DCB559 #C2DC59

triadic

#DCB559 #59DCB5 #B559DC

tetradic

#DCB559 #59DC73 #5980DC #DC59C2

square

#DCB559 #59DC73 #5980DC #DC59C2

split-complementary

#DCB559 #59C2DC #7359DC

monochromatic

#9A7620 #CD9D2B #DCB559 #E7CC8C #F1E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DCB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#DCB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB559

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB559	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca8b',
    500: '#dcb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb559;
$custom-light: #eaca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78968,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB559

secondary

#AFBEE1

accent

#4ECD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB559

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

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