#DCB656#DCB656

#DCB656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.122 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB656
RGB	rgb(220, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 2.85, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 53.02, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0049 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.122 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9252, 49.3462, 15.8028)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB656 #567CDC

analogous

#DC7356 #DCB656 #BFDC56

triadic

#DCB656 #56DCB6 #B656DC

tetradic

#DCB656 #56DC73 #567CDC #DC56BF

square

#DCB656 #56DC73 #567CDC #DC56BF

split-complementary

#DCB656 #56BFDC #7356DC

monochromatic

#987620 #CB9D2A #DCB656 #E6CC89 #F1E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#DCB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB656

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB656	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.122 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb89',
    500: '#dcb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb656;
$custom-light: #eacb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79134,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB656

secondary

#ADBCE1

accent

#6FE93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB656

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

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