#DCAD5B#DCAD5B

#DCAD5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD5B
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 7.97, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 48.68, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0205 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.114 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3495, 45.8611, 16.3063)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD5B #5B8ADC

analogous

#DC6C5B #DCAD5B #CADC5B

triadic

#DCAD5B #5BDCAD #AD5BDC

tetradic

#DCAD5B #5BDC6C #5B8ADC #DC5BCA

square

#DCAD5B #5BDC6C #5B8ADC #DC5BCA

split-complementary

#DCAD5B #5BCADC #6C5BDC

monochromatic

#9B6F21 #CE932C #DCAD5B #E7C68D #F2DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DCAD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD5B

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD5B	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C0AE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac58c',
    500: '#dcad5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad5b;
$custom-light: #eac58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD5B

secondary

#B1C3E2

accent

#5ACD19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD5B

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

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