#DCAE46#DCAE46

#DCAE46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.131 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE46
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 6.09, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 58.09, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0123 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.131 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7594, 45.9330, 12.2490)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE46 #4674DC

analogous

#DC6346 #DCAE46 #BFDC46

triadic

#DCAE46 #46DCAE #AE46DC

tetradic

#DCAE46 #46DC63 #4674DC #DC46BF

square

#DCAE46 #46DC63 #4674DC #DC46BF

split-complementary

#DCAE46 #46BFDC #6346DC

monochromatic

#8D6A1B #C09124 #DCAE46 #E6C579 #EFDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DCAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE46

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE46	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.131 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc57e',
    500: '#dcae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae46;
$custom-light: #ebc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77384,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE46

secondary

#A0B3DD

accent

#72EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE46

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

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