#DCAD45#DCAD45

#DCAD45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.131 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD45
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 6.57, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 58.30, 83.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% 0.0136 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.131 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5356, 45.5355, 12.0199)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD45 #4574DC

analogous

#DC6245 #DCAD45 #BFDC45

triadic

#DCAD45 #45DCAD #AD45DC

tetradic

#DCAD45 #45DC62 #4574DC #DC45BF

square

#DCAD45 #45DC62 #4574DC #DC45BF

split-complementary

#DCAD45 #45BFDC #6245DC

monochromatic

#8C691A #C08F24 #DCAD45 #E6C479 #EFDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#DCAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD45

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD45	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.131 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57e',
    500: '#dcad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad45;
$custom-light: #ebc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.325,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77178,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD45

secondary

#A0B3DD

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD45

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

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