#DCB962#DCB962

#DCB962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB962
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, 2.16, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 48.31, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0044 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.114 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0709, 50.7980, 18.7732)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB962 #6285DC

analogous

#DC7C62 #DCB962 #C2DC62

triadic

#DCB962 #62DCB9 #B962DC

tetradic

#DCB962 #62DC7C #6285DC #DC62C2

square

#DCB962 #62DC7C #6285DC #DC62C2

split-complementary

#DCB962 #62C2DC #7C62DC

monochromatic

#A07C24 #D1A330 #DCB962 #E7CF94 #F2E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DCB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB962

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB962	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd91',
    500: '#dcb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb962;
$custom-light: #eacd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.787,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79877,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB962

secondary

#3F5CA3

accent

#4DCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB962

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

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