#DCAD43#DCAD43

#DCAD43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.132 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD43
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 6.46, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 59.11, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.013 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.132 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4746, 45.5111, 11.6985)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD43 #4372DC

analogous

#DC6143 #DCAD43 #BEDC43

triadic

#DCAD43 #43DCAD #AD43DC

tetradic

#DCAD43 #43DC61 #4372DC #DC43BE

square

#DCAD43 #43DC61 #4372DC #DC43BE

split-complementary

#DCAD43 #43BEDC #6143DC

monochromatic

#8B681A #BE8F23 #DCAD43 #E6C477 #EFDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#DCAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD43

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD43	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)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.132 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57d',
    500: '#dcad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad43;
$custom-light: #ebc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD43

secondary

#9EB1DD

accent

#72EB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD43

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

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