#DCAD55#DCAD55

#DCAD55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD55
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, 7.55, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 51.39, 81.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0185 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.119 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1009, 45.7617, 14.9973)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD55 #5584DC

analogous

#DC6955 #DCAD55 #C8DC55

triadic

#DCAD55 #55DCAD #AD55DC

tetradic

#DCAD55 #55DC69 #5584DC #DC55C8

square

#DCAD55 #55DC69 #5584DC #DC55C8

split-complementary

#DCAD55 #55C8DC #6955DC

monochromatic

#976E1F #CA922A #DCAD55 #E6C588 #F1DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#DCAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD55

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD55	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)

#C1AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac588',
    500: '#dcad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad55;
$custom-light: #eac588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77342,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD55

secondary

#ACBEE0

accent

#7AE93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD55

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

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