#DCAD53#DCAD53

#DCAD53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD53
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 7.41, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 52.28, 81.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0178 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.121 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0226, 45.7303, 14.5847)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD53 #5382DC

analogous

#DC6953 #DCAD53 #C7DC53

triadic

#DCAD53 #53DCAD #AD53DC

tetradic

#DCAD53 #53DC69 #5382DC #DC53C7

square

#DCAD53 #53DC69 #5382DC #DC53C7

split-complementary

#DCAD53 #53C7DC #6953DC

monochromatic

#966D1F #C99229 #DCAD53 #E6C586 #F1DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#DCAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD53

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD53	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac586',
    500: '#dcad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad53;
$custom-light: #eac586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.416,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77319,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD53

secondary

#ABBDE0

accent

#79E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD53

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

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