#DCAD4F#DCAD4F

#DCAD4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.124 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD4F
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 79)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, 7.15, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 54.04, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0165 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.124 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8726, 45.6703, 13.7948)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD4F #4F7EDC

analogous

#DC664F #DCAD4F #C4DC4F

triadic

#DCAD4F #4FDCAD #AD4FDC

tetradic

#DCAD4F #4FDC66 #4F7EDC #DC4FC4

square

#DCAD4F #4FDC66 #4F7EDC #DC4FC4

split-complementary

#DCAD4F #4FC4DC #664FDC

monochromatic

#936C1D #C69127 #DCAD4F #E6C582 #F0DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#DCAD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD4F

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD4F	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)

#C1AD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.124 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc584',
    500: '#dcad4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad4f;
$custom-light: #ebc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77276,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD4F

secondary

#A8BADF

accent

#77EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD4F

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

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