#DCAD4C#DCAD4C

#DCAD4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.126 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD4C
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 76)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 6.97, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 55.35, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0156 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.126 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7659, 45.6276, 13.2326)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD4C #4C7BDC

analogous

#DC654C #DCAD4C #C3DC4C

triadic

#DCAD4C #4CDCAD #AD4CDC

tetradic

#DCAD4C #4CDC65 #4C7BDC #DC4CC3

square

#DCAD4C #4CDC65 #4C7BDC #DC4CC3

split-complementary

#DCAD4C #4CC3DC #654CDC

monochromatic

#916B1C #C49126 #DCAD4C #E6C47F #F0DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#DCAD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD4C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD4C	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C1AD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.126 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc582',
    500: '#dcad4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad4c;
$custom-light: #ebc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77245,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD4C

secondary

#A5B8DF

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD4C

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

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