#DCAD49#DCAD49

#DCAD49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.128 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD49
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, 6.79, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 56.63, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0147 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.128 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6640, 45.5869, 12.6961)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD49 #4978DC

analogous

#DC6349 #DCAD49 #C2DC49

triadic

#DCAD49 #49DCAD #AD49DC

tetradic

#DCAD49 #49DC63 #4978DC #DC49C2

square

#DCAD49 #49DC63 #4978DC #DC49C2

split-complementary

#DCAD49 #49C2DC #6349DC

monochromatic

#8F6A1C #C29025 #DCAD49 #E6C47C #F0DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DCAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#DCAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD49

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD49	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.128 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc580',
    500: '#dcad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad49;
$custom-light: #ebc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77215,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD49

secondary

#A3B6DE

accent

#75EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD49

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

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