#DCB851#DCB851

#DCB851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.128 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB851
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 1.47, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 55.76, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0003 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.128 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1433, 50.0934, 14.9162)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB851 #5175DC

analogous

#DC7351 #DCB851 #BBDC51

triadic

#DCB851 #51DCB8 #B851DC

tetradic

#DCB851 #51DC73 #5175DC #DC51BB

square

#DCB851 #51DC73 #5175DC #DC51BB

split-complementary

#DCB851 #51BBDC #7351DC

monochromatic

#95761E #C89E28 #DCB851 #E6CD84 #F0E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#DCB851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB851

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB851	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)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.128 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd86',
    500: '#dcb851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb851;
$custom-light: #eacd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.46,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79481,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB851

secondary

#385199

accent

#6BE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB851

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

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