#DCAD4E#DCAD4E

#DCAD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.125 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD4E
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, 7.09, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 54.48, 82.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% 0.0162 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.125 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8365, 45.6559, 13.6045)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD4E #4E7DDC

analogous

#DC664E #DCAD4E #C4DC4E

triadic

#DCAD4E #4EDCAD #AD4EDC

tetradic

#DCAD4E #4EDC66 #4E7DDC #DC4EC4

square

#DCAD4E #4EDC66 #4E7DDC #DC4EC4

split-complementary

#DCAD4E #4EC4DC #664EDC

monochromatic

#936C1D #C69127 #DCAD4E #E6C581 #F0DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#DCAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD4E

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD4E	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)

#C1AD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.125 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc583',
    500: '#dcad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad4e;
$custom-light: #ebc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77265,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD4E

secondary

#A7B9DF

accent

#77EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD4E

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

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