#DCAD56#DCAD56

#DCAD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD56
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 7.61, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 50.94, 81.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0188 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.118 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1409, 45.7777, 15.2080)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD56 #5685DC

analogous

#DC6A56 #DCAD56 #C8DC56

triadic

#DCAD56 #56DCAD #AD56DC

tetradic

#DCAD56 #56DC6A #5685DC #DC56C8

square

#DCAD56 #56DC6A #5685DC #DC56C8

split-complementary

#DCAD56 #56C8DC #6A56DC

monochromatic

#986E20 #CB922A #DCAD56 #E6C689 #F1DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#DCAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD56

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD56	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)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac588',
    500: '#dcad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad56;
$custom-light: #eac588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77353,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD56

secondary

#ADBFE1

accent

#7BE93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD56

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

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