#DCAD51#DCAD51

#DCAD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD51
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, 7.28, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 53.17, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0172 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.122 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9465, 45.6999, 14.1839)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD51 #5180DC

analogous

#DC6851 #DCAD51 #C6DC51

triadic

#DCAD51 #51DCAD #AD51DC

tetradic

#DCAD51 #51DC68 #5180DC #DC51C6

square

#DCAD51 #51DC68 #5180DC #DC51C6

split-complementary

#DCAD51 #51C6DC #6851DC

monochromatic

#956D1E #C89228 #DCAD51 #E6C584 #F0DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#DCAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD51

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD51	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)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac585',
    500: '#dcad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad51;
$custom-light: #eac585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD51

secondary

#A9BCE0

accent

#78E93E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD51

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

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