#DCAE48#DCAE48

#DCAE48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.129 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE48
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 6.20, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 57.25, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% 0.0129 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.129 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8236, 45.9587, 12.5870)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE48 #4876DC

analogous

#DC6448 #DCAE48 #C0DC48

triadic

#DCAE48 #48DCAE #AE48DC

tetradic

#DCAE48 #48DC64 #4876DC #DC48C0

square

#DCAE48 #48DC64 #4876DC #DC48C0

split-complementary

#DCAE48 #48C0DC #6448DC

monochromatic

#8E6B1B #C29125 #DCAE48 #E6C57B #F0DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DCAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE48

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE48	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)

#C2AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.129 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc580',
    500: '#dcae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae48;
$custom-light: #ebc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.351,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77403,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE48

secondary

#A2B5DE

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE48

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

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