#DCAE45#DCAE45

#DCAE45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.131 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE45
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, 6.04, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 58.50, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.012 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.131 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7281, 45.9205, 12.0841)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE45 #4573DC

analogous

#DC6345 #DCAE45 #BFDC45

triadic

#DCAE45 #45DCAE #AE45DC

tetradic

#DCAE45 #45DC63 #4573DC #DC45BF

square

#DCAE45 #45DC63 #4573DC #DC45BF

split-complementary

#DCAE45 #45BFDC #6345DC

monochromatic

#8C6A1A #C09024 #DCAE45 #E6C479 #EFDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#DCAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE45

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE45	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)

#C2AE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.131 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57e',
    500: '#dcae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae45;
$custom-light: #ebc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77375,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE45

secondary

#A0B2DD

accent

#72EB3D

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE45

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

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