#DCAD5E#DCAD5E

#DCAD5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD5E
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, 8.20, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 47.31, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% 0.0215 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.112 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4815, 45.9139, 17.0016)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD5E #5E8DDC

analogous

#DC6E5E #DCAD5E #CCDC5E

triadic

#DCAD5E #5EDCAD #AD5EDC

tetradic

#DCAD5E #5EDC6E #5E8DDC #DC5ECC

square

#DCAD5E #5EDC6E #5E8DDC #DC5ECC

split-complementary

#DCAD5E #5ECCDC #6E5EDC

monochromatic

#9D6F22 #D0932D #DCAD5E #E7C790 #F2E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#DCAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD5E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD5E	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac58e',
    500: '#dcad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad5e;
$custom-light: #eac58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.619,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77451,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD5E

secondary

#B3C5E2

accent

#5CCC19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD5E

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

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