#DCAE41#DCAE41

#DCAE41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.134 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE41
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 5.83, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 60.12, 84.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0109 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.134 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6081, 45.8725, 11.4521)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE41 #416FDC

analogous

#DC6041 #DCAE41 #BCDC41

triadic

#DCAE41 #41DCAE #AE41DC

tetradic

#DCAE41 #41DC60 #416FDC #DC41BC

square

#DCAE41 #41DC60 #416FDC #DC41BC

split-complementary

#DCAE41 #41BCDC #6041DC

monochromatic

#896819 #BD8F23 #DCAE41 #E6C475 #EFDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DCAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE41

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE41	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)

#C3AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.134 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57b',
    500: '#dcae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae41;
$custom-light: #ebc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77341,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE41

secondary

#9CAFDD

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE41

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

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