#DCB955#DCB955

#DCB955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB955
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 1.21, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 54.26, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.125 90)
XYZ	xyz(48.5062, 50.5721, 15.7990)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB955 #5578DC

analogous

#DC7555 #DCB955 #BCDC55

triadic

#DCB955 #55DCB9 #B955DC

tetradic

#DCB955 #55DC75 #5578DC #DC55BC

square

#DCB955 #55DC75 #5578DC #DC55BC

split-complementary

#DCB955 #55BCDC #7555DC

monochromatic

#97781F #CAA12A #DCB955 #E6CE88 #F1E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DCB955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DCB955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB955

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB955	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd88',
    500: '#dcb955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb955;
$custom-light: #eacd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79724,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.50569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB955

secondary

#39539C

accent

#6BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB955

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

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