#DCAD72#DCAD72

#DCAD72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.094 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD72
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 114)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(33, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 9.91, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 38.07, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0289 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.094 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4980, 46.3205, 22.3553)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD72 #72A1DC

analogous

#DC7872 #DCAD72 #D6DC72

triadic

#DCAD72 #72DCAD #AD72DC

tetradic

#DCAD72 #72DC78 #72A1DC #DC72D6

square

#DCAD72 #72DC78 #72A1DC #DC72D6

split-complementary

#DCAD72 #72D6DC #7872DC

monochromatic

#AA712A #D09041 #DCAD72 #E8CAA3 #F4E6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#DCAD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD72

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD72	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.094 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c59b',
    500: '#dcad72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad72;
$custom-light: #e9c59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.396,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77743,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD72

secondary

#C3D3E7

accent

#69C81E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD72

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

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