Information about #DCA860 color

#DCA860 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DCA860 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(220, 168, 96) — 86.3% red, 65.9% green, 37.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 20 / 49 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #DCA860 reads as a energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Bronze (#DAAA5E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Earth Yellow (#E1A95F) and Equator (#DAB160).

The recipe behind #DCA860 is rgb(220, 168, 96), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #DCA860: 9.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DCA860 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DCA860 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DCA860 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DCA860

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Light Bronze color link
Light Bronze

#DAAA5E

Earth Yellow color link
Earth Yellow

#E1A95F

Equator color link
Equator

#DAB160

Apache color link
Apache

#D3A95C

Rob Roy color link
Rob Roy

#DDAD56

JPCD MUSTARD color link
JPCD MUSTARD

#DDA256

Sunray color link
Sunray

#E3AB57

Porsche color link
Porsche

#DF9D5B

Soft Chamois color link
Soft Chamois

#D4A36A

Di Serria color link
Di Serria

#DB995E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DCA860
  • RGB220, 168, 96
  • CMYK0, 20, 49, 14
  • CSSrgb(220, 168, 96)
  • HSL35°, 64%, 62%
  • HSL Precise34.839°, 63.918%, 61.961%
  • HSV35°, 56%, 86%
  • HSB35°, 56%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.376
  • GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.659, 0.376)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.659, 0.376, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.659, 0.376)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB37.6%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDDCA860
  • DECIMAL ID14461024
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01