#DCAB49#DCAB49

#DCAB49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.128 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAB49
RGB	rgb(220, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, 7.86, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 56.23, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0178 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.128 82)
XYZ	xyz(45.2834, 44.8256, 12.5692)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAB49 #497ADC

analogous

#DC6249 #DCAB49 #C4DC49

triadic

#DCAB49 #49DCAB #AB49DC

tetradic

#DCAB49 #49DC62 #497ADC #DC49C4

square

#DCAB49 #49DC62 #497ADC #DC49C4

split-complementary

#DCAB49 #49C4DC #6249DC

monochromatic

#8F691C #C28E25 #DCAB49 #E6C37C #F0DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#DCAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAB49

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAB49	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)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.128 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc380',
    500: '#dcab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcab49;
$custom-light: #ebc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.44823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAB49

secondary

#A3B7DE

accent

#77EB3D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAB49

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

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