#DCAD41#DCAD41

#DCAD41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD41
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 6.36, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 59.92, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0124 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.134 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4156, 45.4875, 11.3879)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD41 #4170DC

analogous

#DC5F41 #DCAD41 #BEDC41

triadic

#DCAD41 #41DCAD #AD41DC

tetradic

#DCAD41 #41DC5F #4170DC #DC41BE

square

#DCAD41 #41DC5F #4170DC #DC41BE

split-complementary

#DCAD41 #41BEDC #5F41DC

monochromatic

#896719 #BD8E23 #DCAD41 #E6C375 #EFDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#DCAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD41

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD41	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57b',
    500: '#dcad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad41;
$custom-light: #ebc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD41

secondary

#9CB0DD

accent

#71EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD41

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

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