#DCB657#DCB657

#DCB657 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.122 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB657
RGB	rgb(220, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 2.92, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 52.57, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0052 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.122 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9658, 49.3624, 16.0164)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB657 #577DDC

analogous

#DC7357 #DCB657 #C0DC57

triadic

#DCB657 #57DCB6 #B657DC

tetradic

#DCB657 #57DC73 #577DDC #DC57C0

square

#DCB657 #57DC73 #577DDC #DC57C0

split-complementary

#DCB657 #57C0DC #7357DC

monochromatic

#997620 #CB9D2A #DCB657 #E7CC8A #F1E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#DCB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB657

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB657	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)

#C9B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.122 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb89',
    500: '#dcb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb657;
$custom-light: #eacb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79145,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB657

secondary

#AEBCE1

accent

#4CCD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB657

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

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