#DCAD4D#DCAD4D

#DCAD4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.125 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD4D
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 7.03, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 54.91, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0159 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.125 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8009, 45.6416, 13.4171)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD4D #4D7CDC

analogous

#DC654D #DCAD4D #C3DC4D

triadic

#DCAD4D #4DDCAD #AD4DDC

tetradic

#DCAD4D #4DDC65 #4D7CDC #DC4DC3

square

#DCAD4D #4DDC65 #4D7CDC #DC4DC3

split-complementary

#DCAD4D #4DC3DC #654DDC

monochromatic

#926B1D #C59127 #DCAD4D #E6C580 #F0DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#DCAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD4D

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD4D	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.125 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc583',
    500: '#dcad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad4d;
$custom-light: #ebc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77255,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD4D

secondary

#A6B9DF

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD4D

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

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