#DCAD42#DCAD42

#DCAD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.133 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD42
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, 6.41, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 59.52, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0127 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.133 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4448, 45.4992, 11.5419)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD42 #4271DC

analogous

#DC6042 #DCAD42 #BEDC42

triadic

#DCAD42 #42DCAD #AD42DC

tetradic

#DCAD42 #42DC60 #4271DC #DC42BE

square

#DCAD42 #42DC60 #4271DC #DC42BE

split-complementary

#DCAD42 #42BEDC #6042DC

monochromatic

#8A681A #BE8F23 #DCAD42 #E6C376 #EFDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#DCAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD42

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD42	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.133 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57c',
    500: '#dcad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad42;
$custom-light: #ebc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.688,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD42

secondary

#9DB1DD

accent

#72EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD42

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

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