#DCAD50#DCAD50

#DCAD50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.123 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD50
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 7.22, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 53.61, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0168 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.123 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9093, 45.6850, 13.9879)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD50 #507FDC

analogous

#DC6750 #DCAD50 #C5DC50

triadic

#DCAD50 #50DCAD #AD50DC

tetradic

#DCAD50 #50DC67 #507FDC #DC50C5

square

#DCAD50 #50DC67 #507FDC #DC50C5

split-complementary

#DCAD50 #50C5DC #6750DC

monochromatic

#946C1E #C79228 #DCAD50 #E6C583 #F0DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#DCAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD50

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD50	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.123 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc585',
    500: '#dcad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad50;
$custom-light: #ebc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77286,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD50

secondary

#A8BBDF

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD50

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

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