#DCB561#DCB561

#DCB561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.112 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB561
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 4.19, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 47.72, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% 0.0102 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.112 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1989, 49.1292, 18.2511)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB561 #6188DC

analogous

#DC7861 #DCB561 #C5DC61

triadic

#DCB561 #61DCB5 #B561DC

tetradic

#DCB561 #61DC78 #6188DC #DC61C5

square

#DCB561 #61DC78 #6188DC #DC61C5

split-complementary

#DCB561 #61C5DC #7861DC

monochromatic

#9F7823 #D19E2F #DCB561 #E7CC93 #F2E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DCB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#DCB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB561

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB561	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.112 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb90',
    500: '#dcb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb561;
$custom-light: #eacb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79066,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB561

secondary

#B6C4E3

accent

#52CC1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB561

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

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