#DCAA57#DCAA57

#DCAA57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAA57
RGB	rgb(220, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, 9.28, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 49.92, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0238 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.116 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6127, 44.6563, 15.2321)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAA57 #5789DC

analogous

#DC6857 #DCAA57 #CBDC57

triadic

#DCAA57 #57DCAA #AA57DC

tetradic

#DCAA57 #57DC68 #5789DC #DC57CB

square

#DCAA57 #57DC68 #5789DC #DC57CB

split-complementary

#DCAA57 #57CBDC #6857DC

monochromatic

#996B20 #CB8F2A #DCAA57 #E7C48A #F1DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#DCAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAA57

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAA57	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac389',
    500: '#dcaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaa57;
$custom-light: #eac389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76779,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAA57

secondary

#AEC1E1

accent

#5CCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAA57

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

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