#DCAE57#DCAE57

#DCAE57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.118 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE57
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 7.15, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 50.70, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% 0.0176 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.118 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3740, 46.1788, 15.4858)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE57 #5785DC

analogous

#DC6B57 #DCAE57 #C7DC57

triadic

#DCAE57 #57DCAE #AE57DC

tetradic

#DCAE57 #57DC6B #5785DC #DC57C7

square

#DCAE57 #57DC6B #5785DC #DC57C7

split-complementary

#DCAE57 #57C7DC #6B57DC

monochromatic

#996F20 #CB942A #DCAE57 #E7C68A #F1DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#DCAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE57

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE57	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.118 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac689',
    500: '#dcae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae57;
$custom-light: #eac689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.248,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77561,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE57

secondary

#AEC0E1

accent

#57CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE57

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

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