#DCAE55#DCAE55

#DCAE55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE55
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, 7.01, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 51.60, 82.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% 0.0169 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.119 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2934, 46.1466, 15.0615)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE55 #5583DC

analogous

#DC6B55 #DCAE55 #C6DC55

triadic

#DCAE55 #55DCAE #AE55DC

tetradic

#DCAE55 #55DC6B #5583DC #DC55C6

square

#DCAE55 #55DC6B #5583DC #DC55C6

split-complementary

#DCAE55 #55C6DC #6B55DC

monochromatic

#976E1F #CA932A #DCAE55 #E6C688 #F1DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#DCAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE55

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE55	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac588',
    500: '#dcae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae55;
$custom-light: #eac588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77538,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE55

secondary

#ACBEE0

accent

#79E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE55

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

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