#DCAD57#DCAD57

#DCAD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.117 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD57
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 7.68, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 50.49, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% 0.0191 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.117 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1815, 45.7939, 15.4217)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD57 #5786DC

analogous

#DC6A57 #DCAD57 #C8DC57

triadic

#DCAD57 #57DCAD #AD57DC

tetradic

#DCAD57 #57DC6A #5786DC #DC57C8

square

#DCAD57 #57DC6A #5786DC #DC57C8

split-complementary

#DCAD57 #57C8DC #6A57DC

monochromatic

#996E20 #CB932A #DCAD57 #E7C68A #F1DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#DCAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD57

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD57	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.117 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac589',
    500: '#dcad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad57;
$custom-light: #eac589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77365,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD57

secondary

#AEC0E1

accent

#58CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD57

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

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