#DCB651#DCB651

#DCB651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.126 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB651
RGB	rgb(220, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 2.52, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 55.24, 87.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0033 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.126 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7308, 49.2684, 14.7787)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB651 #5177DC

analogous

#DC7151 #DCB651 #BDDC51

triadic

#DCB651 #51DCB6 #B651DC

tetradic

#DCB651 #51DC71 #5177DC #DC51BD

square

#DCB651 #51DC71 #5177DC #DC51BD

split-complementary

#DCB651 #51BDDC #7151DC

monochromatic

#95741E #C89C28 #DCB651 #E6CB84 #F0E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#DCB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB651

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB651	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.126 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb86',
    500: '#dcb651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb651;
$custom-light: #eacb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7908,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB651

secondary

#A9B8E0

accent

#6DE93E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB651

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

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