#dcb23e

Color #dcb23e

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 9.09 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#dcb23e

RGB

rgb(220, 178, 62)

HSL

hsl(44.1, 69.3%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(44.1, 71.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 71.8%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(74.45, 3.57, 62.05)

LCH

lch(74.45, 62.15, 86.71)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.1379, 88.34)

HWB

hwb(44.1, 24.3%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e68dc

Analogous

#dc633e

#dcb23e

#b7dc3e

Triadic

#dcb23e

#3edcb2

#b23edc

Split-complementary

#dcb23e

#3eb7dc

#633edc

Tetradic

#dcb23e

#68dc3e

#3e68dc

#b23edc

Square

#dcb23e

#3edc63

#3e68dc

#dc3eb7

Shades

Color #dcb23e mixed toward black.

#c79c24

#9f7d1d

#775d16

#503e0e

#281f07

Tints

Color #dcb23e mixed toward white.

#e2bf5e

#e8cc7e

#eed99f

#f3e5bf

#f9f2df

Tones

Color #dcb23e mixed toward gray.

#cfac4b

#c2a658

#b5a066

#a79973

#9a9380

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcb6a · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#ced172 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#da8186 · ΔE 37.9

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 25.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcb23e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcb23e]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Frequently asked questions

#dcb23e (#dcb23e) is rgb(220, 178, 62) in RGB.

No, #dcb23e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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