#DCAD52#DCAD52

#DCAD52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD52
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, 7.35, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 52.73, 81.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.0175 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.121 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9843, 45.7150, 14.3829)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD52 #5281DC

analogous

#DC6852 #DCAD52 #C6DC52

triadic

#DCAD52 #52DCAD #AD52DC

tetradic

#DCAD52 #52DC68 #5281DC #DC52C6

square

#DCAD52 #52DC68 #5281DC #DC52C6

split-complementary

#DCAD52 #52C6DC #6852DC

monochromatic

#956D1E #C89229 #DCAD52 #E6C585 #F1DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#DCAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD52

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD52	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)

#C1AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac586',
    500: '#dcad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad52;
$custom-light: #eac586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77308,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD52

secondary

#AABCE0

accent

#79E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD52

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

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