#DCAD5A#DCAD5A

#DCAD5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD5A
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 90)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 7.90, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 49.14, 80.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% 0.0201 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.115 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3066, 45.8439, 16.0806)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD5A #5A89DC

analogous

#DC6C5A #DCAD5A #CADC5A

triadic

#DCAD5A #5ADCAD #AD5ADC

tetradic

#DCAD5A #5ADC6C #5A89DC #DC5ACA

square

#DCAD5A #5ADC6C #5A89DC #DC5ACA

split-complementary

#DCAD5A #5ACADC #6C5ADC

monochromatic

#9B6F21 #CD932C #DCAD5A #E7C68C #F1DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DCAD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD5A

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD5A	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac58b',
    500: '#dcad5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad5a;
$custom-light: #eac58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77401,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD5A

secondary

#B0C2E2

accent

#5ACD19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD5A

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

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