#DCAE51#DCAE51

#DCAE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE51
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, 6.75, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 53.37, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0156 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.123 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1390, 46.0848, 14.2481)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE51 #517FDC

analogous

#DC6951 #DCAE51 #C5DC51

triadic

#DCAE51 #51DCAE #AE51DC

tetradic

#DCAE51 #51DC69 #517FDC #DC51C5

square

#DCAE51 #51DC69 #517FDC #DC51C5

split-complementary

#DCAE51 #51C5DC #6951DC

monochromatic

#956D1E #C89328 #DCAE51 #E6C684 #F0DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DCAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#DCAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE51

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE51	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac585',
    500: '#dcae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae51;
$custom-light: #eac585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77493,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE51

secondary

#A9BBE0

accent

#77E93E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE51

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

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