#DCAE2E#DCAE2E

#DCAE2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE2E
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 79.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 5.02, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 67.03, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0065 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.145 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1472, 45.6881, 9.0250)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE2E #2E5CDC

analogous

#DC572E #DCAE2E #B3DC2E

triadic

#DCAE2E #2EDCAE #AE2EDC

tetradic

#DCAE2E #2EDC57 #2E5CDC #DC2EB3

square

#DCAE2E #2EDC57 #2E5CDC #DC2EB3

split-complementary

#DCAE2E #2EB3DC #572EDC

monochromatic

#7B6015 #AF891D #DCAE2E #E5C262 #EED797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#DCAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE2E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE2E	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)

#C4AD11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc571',
    500: '#dcae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae2e;
$custom-light: #ecc571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.138,
    "s": 71.311,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE2E

secondary

#8DA1D9

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE2E

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

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