#DCAD40#DCAD40

#DCAD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD40
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, 6.31, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 60.32, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0122 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.134 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3869, 45.4760, 11.2367)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD40 #406FDC

analogous

#DC5F40 #DCAD40 #BDDC40

triadic

#DCAD40 #40DCAD #AD40DC

tetradic

#DCAD40 #40DC5F #406FDC #DC40BD

square

#DCAD40 #40DC5F #406FDC #DC40BD

split-complementary

#DCAD40 #40BDDC #5F40DC

monochromatic

#896719 #BC8E23 #DCAD40 #E5C374 #EFD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#DCAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD40

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD40	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)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57b',
    500: '#dcad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad40;
$custom-light: #ebc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.923,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD40

secondary

#9BAFDC

accent

#71EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD40

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

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