#DCB850#DCB850

#DCB850 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.128 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB850
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 1.41, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 56.19, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.128 90)
XYZ	xyz(48.1060, 50.0785, 14.7202)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB850 #5074DC

analogous

#DC7250 #DCB850 #BADC50

triadic

#DCB850 #50DCB8 #B850DC

tetradic

#DCB850 #50DC72 #5074DC #DC50BA

square

#DCB850 #50DC72 #5074DC #DC50BA

split-complementary

#DCB850 #50BADC #7250DC

monochromatic

#94761E #C79E28 #DCB850 #E6CD83 #F0E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#DCB850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB850

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB850	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.128 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd85',
    500: '#dcb850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb850;
$custom-light: #eacd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79471,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.50076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB850

secondary

#385199

accent

#6AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB850

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

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