#DCAE50#DCAE50

#DCAE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE50
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, 6.68, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 53.81, 82.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% 0.0153 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.123 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1017, 46.0699, 14.0520)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE50 #507EDC

analogous

#DC6850 #DCAE50 #C4DC50

triadic

#DCAE50 #50DCAE #AE50DC

tetradic

#DCAE50 #50DC68 #507EDC #DC50C4

square

#DCAE50 #50DC68 #507EDC #DC50C4

split-complementary

#DCAE50 #50C4DC #6850DC

monochromatic

#946D1E #C79328 #DCAE50 #E6C683 #F0DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#DCAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE50

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE50	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)

#C2AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac585',
    500: '#dcae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae50;
$custom-light: #eac585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77483,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE50

secondary

#A8BADF

accent

#77EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE50

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

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