#DCAE42#DCAE42

#DCAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.133 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE42
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 5.88, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 59.72, 84.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0112 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.133 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6373, 45.8842, 11.6060)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE42 #4270DC

analogous

#DC6142 #DCAE42 #BDDC42

triadic

#DCAE42 #42DCAE #AE42DC

tetradic

#DCAE42 #42DC61 #4270DC #DC42BD

square

#DCAE42 #42DC61 #4270DC #DC42BD

split-complementary

#DCAE42 #42BDDC #6142DC

monochromatic

#8A681A #BE9023 #DCAE42 #E6C476 #EFDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#DCAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE42

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE42	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.133 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57c',
    500: '#dcae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae42;
$custom-light: #ebc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.078,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77349,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE42

secondary

#9DB0DD

accent

#71EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE42

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

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