#DCAB41#DCAB41

#DCAB41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.133 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAB41
RGB	rgb(220, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 7.42, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 59.54, 82.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0155 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.133 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0350, 44.7263, 11.2611)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAB41 #4172DC

analogous

#DC5D41 #DCAB41 #C0DC41

triadic

#DCAB41 #41DCAB #AB41DC

tetradic

#DCAB41 #41DC5D #4172DC #DC41C0

square

#DCAB41 #41DC5D #4172DC #DC41C0

split-complementary

#DCAB41 #41C0DC #5D41DC

monochromatic

#896619 #BD8C23 #DCAB41 #E6C275 #EFD9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#DCAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAB41

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAB41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.133 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc37b',
    500: '#dcab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcab41;
$custom-light: #ebc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.032,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76751,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAB41

secondary

#9CB1DD

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAB41

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

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