#DCAC59#DCAC59

#DCAC59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAC59
RGB	rgb(220, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 8.36, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 49.39, 80.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0213 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.115 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0733, 45.4450, 15.7943)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAC59 #5989DC

analogous

#DC6A59 #DCAC59 #CBDC59

triadic

#DCAC59 #59DCAC #AC59DC

tetradic

#DCAC59 #59DC6A #5989DC #DC59CB

square

#DCAC59 #59DC6A #5989DC #DC59CB

split-complementary

#DCAC59 #59CBDC #6A59DC

monochromatic

#9A6E20 #CD912B #DCAC59 #E7C58C #F1DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#DCAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAC59

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAC59	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac48a',
    500: '#dcac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcac59;
$custom-light: #eac48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.015,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77193,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAC59

secondary

#AFC2E1

accent

#5BCD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAC59

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

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