#DCAB40#DCAB40

#DCAB40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.134 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAB40
RGB	rgb(220, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 7.37, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 59.94, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0153 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.134 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0063, 44.7148, 11.1098)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAB40 #4071DC

analogous

#DC5D40 #DCAB40 #BFDC40

triadic

#DCAB40 #40DCAB #AB40DC

tetradic

#DCAB40 #40DC5D #4071DC #DC40BF

square

#DCAB40 #40DC5D #4071DC #DC40BF

split-complementary

#DCAB40 #40BFDC #5D40DC

monochromatic

#896619 #BC8C23 #DCAB40 #E5C274 #EFD8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#DCAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAB40

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAB40	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.134 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc37b',
    500: '#dcab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcab40;
$custom-light: #ebc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.154,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAB40

secondary

#9BB0DC

accent

#73EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAB40

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

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