#DCAD61#DCAD61

#DCAD61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.109 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD61
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 8.43, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 45.93, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0226 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.109 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6187, 45.9688, 17.7244)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD61 #6190DC

analogous

#DC6F61 #DCAD61 #CEDC61

triadic

#DCAD61 #61DCAD #AD61DC

tetradic

#DCAD61 #61DC6F #6190DC #DC61CE

square

#DCAD61 #61DC6F #6190DC #DC61CE

split-complementary

#DCAD61 #61CEDC #6F61DC

monochromatic

#9F7023 #D1932F #DCAD61 #E7C793 #F2E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DCAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD61

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD61	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.109 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac590',
    500: '#dcad61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad61;
$custom-light: #eac590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.073,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77491,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD61

secondary

#B6C7E3

accent

#5ECC1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD61

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

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