#DCAE40#DCAE40

#DCAE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.135 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE40
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 5.78, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 60.52, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0107 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.135 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5794, 45.8610, 11.3009)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE40 #406EDC

analogous

#DC6040 #DCAE40 #BCDC40

triadic

#DCAE40 #40DCAE #AE40DC

tetradic

#DCAE40 #40DC60 #406EDC #DC40BC

square

#DCAE40 #40DC60 #406EDC #DC40BC

split-complementary

#DCAE40 #40BCDC #6040DC

monochromatic

#896819 #BC8F23 #DCAE40 #E5C474 #EFDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DCAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE40

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE40	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.135 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57b',
    500: '#dcae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae40;
$custom-light: #ebc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77333,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE40

secondary

#9BAFDC

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE40

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

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