#DCAE52#DCAE52

#DCAE52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.122 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE52
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, 6.81, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 52.93, 82.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0159 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.122 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1767, 46.0999, 14.4470)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE52 #5280DC

analogous

#DC6952 #DCAE52 #C5DC52

triadic

#DCAE52 #52DCAE #AE52DC

tetradic

#DCAE52 #52DC69 #5280DC #DC52C5

square

#DCAE52 #52DC69 #5280DC #DC52C5

split-complementary

#DCAE52 #52C5DC #6952DC

monochromatic

#956E1E #C89329 #DCAE52 #E6C685 #F1DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#DCAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE52

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE52	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.122 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac586',
    500: '#dcae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae52;
$custom-light: #eac586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77504,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE52

secondary

#AABCE0

accent

#77E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE52

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

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