#DCB855#DCB855

#DCB855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB855
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, 1.73, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 53.99, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0015 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.124 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2977, 50.1552, 15.7296)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB855 #5579DC

analogous

#DC7555 #DCB855 #BDDC55

triadic

#DCB855 #55DCB8 #B855DC

tetradic

#DCB855 #55DC75 #5579DC #DC55BD

square

#DCB855 #55DC75 #5579DC #DC55BD

split-complementary

#DCB855 #55BDDC #7555DC

monochromatic

#97771F #CA9F2A #DCB855 #E6CD88 #F1E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#DCB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB855

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB855	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd88',
    500: '#dcb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb855;
$custom-light: #eacd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79523,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB855

secondary

#39549C

accent

#6CE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB855

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

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