#DCAE4F#DCAE4F

#DCAE4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.124 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE4F
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 6.62, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 54.25, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.015 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.124 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0651, 46.0553, 13.8589)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE4F #4F7DDC

analogous

#DC674F #DCAE4F #C3DC4F

triadic

#DCAE4F #4FDCAE #AE4FDC

tetradic

#DCAE4F #4FDC67 #4F7DDC #DC4FC3

square

#DCAE4F #4FDC67 #4F7DDC #DC4FC3

split-complementary

#DCAE4F #4FC3DC #674FDC

monochromatic

#936D1D #C69327 #DCAE4F #E6C582 #F0DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#DCAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE4F

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE4F	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.124 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc584',
    500: '#dcae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae4f;
$custom-light: #ebc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77472,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE4F

secondary

#A8BADF

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE4F

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

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