#DCAD44#DCAD44

#DCAD44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.132 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD44
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 6.52, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 58.71, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0133 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.132 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5048, 45.5232, 11.8578)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD44 #4473DC

analogous

#DC6144 #DCAD44 #BFDC44

triadic

#DCAD44 #44DCAD #AD44DC

tetradic

#DCAD44 #44DC61 #4473DC #DC44BF

square

#DCAD44 #44DC61 #4473DC #DC44BF

split-complementary

#DCAD44 #44BFDC #6144DC

monochromatic

#8B681A #BF8F24 #DCAD44 #E6C478 #EFDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#DCAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD44

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD44	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)

#C2AD37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.132 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57d',
    500: '#dcad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad44;
$custom-light: #ebc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.447,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77169,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD44

secondary

#9FB2DD

accent

#73EB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD44

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

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