#DCB856#DCB856

#DCB856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB856
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 1.80, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 53.54, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0019 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.124 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3377, 50.1712, 15.9403)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB856 #567ADC

analogous

#DC7556 #DCB856 #BDDC56

triadic

#DCB856 #56DCB8 #B856DC

tetradic

#DCB856 #56DC75 #567ADC #DC56BD

square

#DCB856 #56DC75 #567ADC #DC56BD

split-complementary

#DCB856 #56BDDC #7556DC

monochromatic

#987820 #CBA02A #DCB856 #E6CD89 #F1E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#DCB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB856

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB856	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)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd89',
    500: '#dcb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb856;
$custom-light: #eacd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB856

secondary

#3A549C

accent

#6DE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB856

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

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