#DCAC40#DCAC40

#DCAC40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAC40
RGB	rgb(220, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, 6.84, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 60.12, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.0137 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.134 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1959, 45.0940, 11.1731)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAC40 #4070DC

analogous

#DC5E40 #DCAC40 #BEDC40

triadic

#DCAC40 #40DCAC #AC40DC

tetradic

#DCAC40 #40DC5E #4070DC #DC40BE

square

#DCAC40 #40DC5E #4070DC #DC40BE

split-complementary

#DCAC40 #40BEDC #5E40DC

monochromatic

#896619 #BC8D23 #DCAC40 #E5C274 #EFD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#DCAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#DCAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAC40

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAC40	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc47b',
    500: '#dcac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcac40;
$custom-light: #ebc47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76939,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAC40

secondary

#9BAFDC

accent

#72EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAC40

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

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