#DCBA57#DCBA57

#DCBA57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.124 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA57
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 0.82, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 53.64, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0009 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.124 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7967, 51.0242, 16.2934)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA57 #5779DC

analogous

#DC7857 #DCBA57 #BBDC57

triadic

#DCBA57 #57DCBA #BA57DC

tetradic

#DCBA57 #57DC78 #5779DC #DC57BB

square

#DCBA57 #57DC78 #5779DC #DC57BB

split-complementary

#DCBA57 #57BBDC #7857DC

monochromatic

#997A20 #CBA22A #DCBA57 #E7CF8A #F1E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DCBA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#DCBA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA57

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA57	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.124 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace8a',
    500: '#dcba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba57;
$custom-light: #eace8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79947,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA57

secondary

#3A539D

accent

#46CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA57

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

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