#DCAF3C#DCAF3C

#DCAF3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.138 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF3C
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, 5.06, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 62.28, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0081 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.138 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6635, 46.2049, 10.7874)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF3C #3C69DC

analogous

#DC5F3C #DCAF3C #B9DC3C

triadic

#DCAF3C #3CDCAF #AF3CDC

tetradic

#DCAF3C #3CDC5F #3C69DC #DC3CB9

square

#DCAF3C #3CDC5F #3C69DC #DC3CB9

split-complementary

#DCAF3C #3CB9DC #5F3CDC

monochromatic

#866718 #BA8F21 #DCAF3C #E5C470 #EFDAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#DCAF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF3C

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF3C	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)

#C4AE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.138 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc679',
    500: '#dcaf3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf3c;
$custom-light: #ebc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77499,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF3C

secondary

#98ABDC

accent

#6DEC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF3C

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

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