#DCBA59#DCBA59

#DCBA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.122 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBA59
RGB	rgb(220, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, 0.96, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 52.74, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0002 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.122 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8795, 51.0573, 16.7297)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBA59 #597BDC

analogous

#DC7859 #DCBA59 #BDDC59

triadic

#DCBA59 #59DCBA #BA59DC

tetradic

#DCBA59 #59DC78 #597BDC #DC59BD

square

#DCBA59 #59DC78 #597BDC #DC59BD

split-complementary

#DCBA59 #59BDDC #7859DC

monochromatic

#9A7B20 #CDA32B #DCBA59 #E7CF8C #F1E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DCBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#DCBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBA59

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBA59	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.122 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace8b',
    500: '#dcba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcba59;
$custom-light: #eace8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79969,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBA59

secondary

#3B559E

accent

#47CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBA59

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

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