#DCAE61#DCAE61

#DCAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.109 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE61
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 7.90, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 46.13, 80.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.021 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.109 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8112, 46.3537, 17.7885)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE61 #618FDC

analogous

#DC7161 #DCAE61 #CDDC61

triadic

#DCAE61 #61DCAE #AE61DC

tetradic

#DCAE61 #61DC71 #618FDC #DC61CD

square

#DCAE61 #61DC71 #618FDC #DC61CD

split-complementary

#DCAE61 #61CDDC #7161DC

monochromatic

#9F7123 #D1942F #DCAE61 #E7C893 #F2E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DCAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DCAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE61

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE61	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.109 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac690',
    500: '#dcae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae61;
$custom-light: #eac690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.561,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE61

secondary

#B6C7E3

accent

#5CCC1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE61

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

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