#DCAF31#DCAF31

#DCAF31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.144 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF31
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 77.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, 4.60, 66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 66.23, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% 0.0056 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.144 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4024, 46.1004, 9.4121)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF31 #315EDC

analogous

#DC5A31 #DCAF31 #B3DC31

triadic

#DCAF31 #31DCAF #AF31DC

tetradic

#DCAF31 #31DC5A #315EDC #DC31B3

square

#DCAF31 #31DC5A #315EDC #DC31B3

split-complementary

#DCAF31 #31B3DC #5A31DC

monochromatic

#7D6215 #B28B1E #DCAF31 #E5C365 #EED89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAF31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#DCAF31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF31

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF31	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)

#C4AE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.144 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc673',
    500: '#dcaf31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf31;
$custom-light: #ecc673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 70.954,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77424,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF31

secondary

#8FA3D9

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF31

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

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