#DCAE43#DCAE43

#DCAE43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.133 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE43
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 5.93, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 59.32, 84.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% 0.0115 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.133 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6670, 45.8960, 11.7626)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE43 #4371DC

analogous

#DC6243 #DCAE43 #BEDC43

triadic

#DCAE43 #43DCAE #AE43DC

tetradic

#DCAE43 #43DC62 #4371DC #DC43BE

square

#DCAE43 #43DC62 #4371DC #DC43BE

split-complementary

#DCAE43 #43BEDC #6243DC

monochromatic

#8B691A #BE9023 #DCAE43 #E6C477 #EFDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#DCAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE43

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE43	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)

#C3AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.133 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57d',
    500: '#dcae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae43;
$custom-light: #ebc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77358,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE43

secondary

#9EB1DD

accent

#71EB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE43

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

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