#DCAE56#DCAE56

#DCAE56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE56
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 7.08, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 51.15, 82.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0172 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.119 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3334, 46.1626, 15.2722)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE56 #5684DC

analogous

#DC6B56 #DCAE56 #C7DC56

triadic

#DCAE56 #56DCAE #AE56DC

tetradic

#DCAE56 #56DC6B #5684DC #DC56C7

square

#DCAE56 #56DC6B #5684DC #DC56C7

split-complementary

#DCAE56 #56C7DC #6B56DC

monochromatic

#986F20 #CB942A #DCAE56 #E6C689 #F1DFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#DCAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE56

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE56	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)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac588',
    500: '#dcae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae56;
$custom-light: #eac588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77549,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE56

secondary

#ADBFE1

accent

#79E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE56

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

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