#DCAB42#DCAB42

#DCAB42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.132 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAB42
RGB	rgb(220, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, 7.47, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 59.13, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% 0.0158 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.132 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0642, 44.7379, 11.4150)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAB42 #4273DC

analogous

#DC5E42 #DCAB42 #C0DC42

triadic

#DCAB42 #42DCAB #AB42DC

tetradic

#DCAB42 #42DC5E #4273DC #DC42C0

square

#DCAB42 #42DC5E #4273DC #DC42C0

split-complementary

#DCAB42 #42C0DC #5E42DC

monochromatic

#8A661A #BE8C23 #DCAB42 #E6C276 #EFD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#DCAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAB42

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAB42	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.132 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc37c',
    500: '#dcab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcab42;
$custom-light: #ebc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76759,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAB42

secondary

#9DB1DD

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAB42

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

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