#DCAE44#DCAE44

#DCAE44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.132 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE44
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, 5.99, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 58.91, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0117 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.132 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6973, 45.9082, 11.9220)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE44 #4472DC

analogous

#DC6244 #DCAE44 #BEDC44

triadic

#DCAE44 #44DCAE #AE44DC

tetradic

#DCAE44 #44DC62 #4472DC #DC44BE

square

#DCAE44 #44DC62 #4472DC #DC44BE

split-complementary

#DCAE44 #44BEDC #6244DC

monochromatic

#8B691A #BF9024 #DCAE44 #E6C478 #EFDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#DCAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE44

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE44	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)

#C3AD37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.132 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57d',
    500: '#dcae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae44;
$custom-light: #ebc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77367,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE44

secondary

#9FB2DD

accent

#71EB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE44

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

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