#DCAA42#DCAA42

#DCAA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAA42
RGB	rgb(220, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 8.01, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 58.95, 82.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0173 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.132 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8760, 44.3616, 11.3523)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAA42 #4274DC

analogous

#DC5D42 #DCAA42 #C1DC42

triadic

#DCAA42 #42DCAA #AA42DC

tetradic

#DCAA42 #42DC5D #4274DC #DC42C1

square

#DCAA42 #42DC5D #4274DC #DC42C1

split-complementary

#DCAA42 #42C1DC #5D42DC

monochromatic

#8A661A #BE8B23 #DCAA42 #E6C176 #EFD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#DCAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAA42

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAA42	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)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc37c',
    500: '#dcaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaa42;
$custom-light: #ebc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.519,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76563,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAA42

secondary

#9DB2DD

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAA42

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

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