#DCB956#DCB956

#DCB956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.124 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB956
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 1.28, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 53.81, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.0003 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.124 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5462, 50.5881, 16.0097)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB956 #5679DC

analogous

#DC7656 #DCB956 #BCDC56

triadic

#DCB956 #56DCB9 #B956DC

tetradic

#DCB956 #56DC76 #5679DC #DC56BC

square

#DCB956 #56DC76 #5679DC #DC56BC

split-complementary

#DCB956 #56BCDC #7656DC

monochromatic

#987920 #CBA12A #DCB956 #E6CE89 #F1E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DCB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#DCB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB956

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB956	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.124 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd89',
    500: '#dcb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb956;
$custom-light: #eacd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79735,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB956

secondary

#3A549C

accent

#6BE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB956

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

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