#DCB649#DCB649

#DCB649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB649
RGB	rgb(220, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 2.04, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 58.67, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79% 0.0009 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.133 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4482, 49.1554, 13.2908)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB649 #496FDC

analogous

#DC6D49 #DCB649 #B8DC49

triadic

#DCB649 #49DCB6 #B649DC

tetradic

#DCB649 #49DC6D #496FDC #DC49B8

square

#DCB649 #49DC6D #496FDC #DC49B8

split-complementary

#DCB649 #49B8DC #6D49DC

monochromatic

#8F711C #C29A25 #DCB649 #E6CB7C #F0DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DCB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#DCB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB649

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB649	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)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb81',
    500: '#dcb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb649;
$custom-light: #ebcb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79003,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB649

secondary

#A3B2DE

accent

#6AEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB649

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

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