#DCAB59#DCAB59

#DCAB59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAB59
RGB	rgb(220, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 8.89, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 49.20, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0229 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.115 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8837, 45.0658, 15.7311)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAB59 #598ADC

analogous

#DC6959 #DCAB59 #CCDC59

triadic

#DCAB59 #59DCAB #AB59DC

tetradic

#DCAB59 #59DC69 #598ADC #DC59CC

square

#DCAB59 #59DC69 #598ADC #DC59CC

split-complementary

#DCAB59 #59CCDC #6959DC

monochromatic

#9A6D20 #CD902B #DCAB59 #E7C58C #F1DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#DCAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#DCAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAB59

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAB59	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac38a',
    500: '#dcab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcab59;
$custom-light: #eac38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76998,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAB59

secondary

#AFC2E1

accent

#5CCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAB59

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

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