#DCAE49#DCAE49

#DCAE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.129 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE49
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 6.26, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 56.83, 83.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0132 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.129 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8565, 45.9718, 12.7602)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE49 #4977DC

analogous

#DC6449 #DCAE49 #C1DC49

triadic

#DCAE49 #49DCAE #AE49DC

tetradic

#DCAE49 #49DC64 #4977DC #DC49C1

square

#DCAE49 #49DC64 #4977DC #DC49C1

split-complementary

#DCAE49 #49C1DC #6449DC

monochromatic

#8F6B1C #C29125 #DCAE49 #E6C57C #F0DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DCAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE49

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE49	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)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.129 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc580',
    500: '#dcae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae49;
$custom-light: #ebc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.224,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77412,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE49

secondary

#A3B5DE

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE49

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

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