#DCAF42#DCAF42

#DCAF42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF42
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 5.35, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 59.93, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0097 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.134 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8312, 46.2720, 11.6706)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF42 #426FDC

analogous

#DC6242 #DCAF42 #BCDC42

triadic

#DCAF42 #42DCAF #AF42DC

tetradic

#DCAF42 #42DC62 #426FDC #DC42BC

square

#DCAF42 #42DC62 #426FDC #DC42BC

split-complementary

#DCAF42 #42BCDC #6242DC

monochromatic

#8A691A #BE9123 #DCAF42 #E6C576 #EFDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DCAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF42

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF42	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc67c',
    500: '#dcaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf42;
$custom-light: #ebc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.468,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77547,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF42

secondary

#9DB0DD

accent

#6FEC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF42

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

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