#DCAB48#DCAB48

#DCAB48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.128 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAB48
RGB	rgb(220, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 7.80, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 56.66, 82.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0175 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.128 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2505, 44.8125, 12.3960)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAB48 #4879DC

analogous

#DC6148 #DCAB48 #C3DC48

triadic

#DCAB48 #48DCAB #AB48DC

tetradic

#DCAB48 #48DC61 #4879DC #DC48C3

square

#DCAB48 #48DC61 #4879DC #DC48C3

split-complementary

#DCAB48 #48C3DC #6148DC

monochromatic

#8E681B #C28E25 #DCAB48 #E6C37B #F0DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#DCAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAB48

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAB48	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.128 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc37f',
    500: '#dcab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcab48;
$custom-light: #ebc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76813,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAB48

secondary

#A2B6DE

accent

#77EB3D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAB48

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

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