#DCAE2D#DCAE2D

#DCAE2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE2D
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 79.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 4.99, 67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 67.35, 85.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0063 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.145 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1278, 45.6803, 8.9224)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE2D #2D5BDC

analogous

#DC572D #DCAE2D #B2DC2D

triadic

#DCAE2D #2DDCAE #AE2DDC

tetradic

#DCAE2D #2DDC57 #2D5BDC #DC2DB2

square

#DCAE2D #2DDC57 #2D5BDC #DC2DB2

split-complementary

#DCAE2D #2DB2DC #572DDC

monochromatic

#7A5F14 #AF881D #DCAE2D #E5C261 #EDD696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#DCAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE2D

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE2D	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc571',
    500: '#dcae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae2d;
$custom-light: #ecc571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.229,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77203,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE2D

secondary

#8CA0D9

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE2D

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

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