#DCAE2A#DCAE2A

#DCAE2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.147 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE2A
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 80.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, 4.89, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 68.27, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0058 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.147 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0721, 45.6581, 8.6290)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE2A #2A58DC

analogous

#DC552A #DCAE2A #B1DC2A

triadic

#DCAE2A #2ADCAE #AE2ADC

tetradic

#DCAE2A #2ADC55 #2A58DC #DC2AB1

square

#DCAE2A #2ADC55 #2A58DC #DC2AB1

split-complementary

#DCAE2A #2AB1DC #552ADC

monochromatic

#785E14 #AC871C #DCAE2A #E5C25F #EDD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#DCAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE2A

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE2A	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.147 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc570',
    500: '#dcae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae2a;
$custom-light: #ecc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.494,
    "s": 71.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77187,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE2A

secondary

#8A9ED8

accent

#68EF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE2A

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

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