#DCAF45#DCAF45

#DCAF45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.132 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF45
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 5.51, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 58.71, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0105 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.132 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9220, 46.3083, 12.1487)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF45 #4572DC

analogous

#DC6445 #DCAF45 #BEDC45

triadic

#DCAF45 #45DCAF #AF45DC

tetradic

#DCAF45 #45DC64 #4572DC #DC45BE

square

#DCAF45 #45DC64 #4572DC #DC45BE

split-complementary

#DCAF45 #45BEDC #6445DC

monochromatic

#8C6A1A #C09124 #DCAF45 #E6C579 #EFDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DCAF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#DCAF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF45

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF45	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.132 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc67e',
    500: '#dcaf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf45;
$custom-light: #ebc67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF45

secondary

#A0B2DD

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF45

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

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