#DCAA51#DCAA51

#DCAA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAA51
RGB	rgb(220, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 8.88, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 52.59, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0218 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.121 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3777, 44.5623, 13.9943)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAA51 #5183DC

analogous

#DC6551 #DCAA51 #C9DC51

triadic

#DCAA51 #51DCAA #AA51DC

tetradic

#DCAA51 #51DC65 #5183DC #DC51C9

square

#DCAA51 #51DC65 #5183DC #DC51C9

split-complementary

#DCAA51 #51C9DC #6551DC

monochromatic

#956A1E #C88E28 #DCAA51 #E6C384 #F0DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DCAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#DCAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAA51

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAA51	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc385',
    500: '#dcaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaa51;
$custom-light: #ebc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7671,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAA51

secondary

#A9BDE0

accent

#7CE93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAA51

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

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