#DCAA40#DCAA40

#DCAA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAA40
RGB	rgb(220, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 7.90, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 59.75, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0168 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.133 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8181, 44.3384, 11.0471)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAA40 #4072DC

analogous

#DC5C40 #DCAA40 #C0DC40

triadic

#DCAA40 #40DCAA #AA40DC

tetradic

#DCAA40 #40DC5C #4072DC #DC40C0

square

#DCAA40 #40DC5C #4072DC #DC40C0

split-complementary

#DCAA40 #40C0DC #5C40DC

monochromatic

#896519 #BC8B23 #DCAA40 #E5C174 #EFD8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#DCAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAA40

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAA40	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc37b',
    500: '#dcaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaa40;
$custom-light: #ebc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76546,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAA40

secondary

#9BB0DC

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAA40

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

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