#DCB965#DCB965

#DCB965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.111 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB965
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 2.40, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 46.90, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.0054 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.111 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2152, 50.8557, 19.5332)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB965 #6588DC

analogous

#DC7D65 #DCB965 #C3DC65

triadic

#DCB965 #65DCB9 #B965DC

tetradic

#DCB965 #65DC7D #6588DC #DC65C3

square

#DCB965 #65DC7D #6588DC #DC65C3

split-complementary

#DCB965 #65C3DC #7D65DC

monochromatic

#A27D25 #D1A233 #DCB965 #E7D097 #F3E6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCB965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#DCB965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB965

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB965	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.111 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd93',
    500: '#dcb965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb965;
$custom-light: #e9cd93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79915,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB965

secondary

#405EA5

accent

#4FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB965

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

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