#DCAD46#DCAD46

#DCAD46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.130 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD46
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 6.62, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 57.88, 83.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0138 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.13 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5669, 45.5480, 12.1848)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD46 #4675DC

analogous

#DC6246 #DCAD46 #C0DC46

triadic

#DCAD46 #46DCAD #AD46DC

tetradic

#DCAD46 #46DC62 #4675DC #DC46C0

square

#DCAD46 #46DC62 #4675DC #DC46C0

split-complementary

#DCAD46 #46C0DC #6246DC

monochromatic

#8D691B #C09024 #DCAD46 #E6C479 #EFDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#DCAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD46

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD46	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)

#C1AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.130 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57e',
    500: '#dcad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad46;
$custom-light: #ebc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.2,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77187,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD46

secondary

#A0B3DD

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD46

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

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