#DCAF49#DCAF49

#DCAF49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.129 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF49
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, 5.73, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 57.04, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0116 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.129 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0504, 46.3596, 12.8249)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF49 #4976DC

analogous

#DC6649 #DCAF49 #BFDC49

triadic

#DCAF49 #49DCAF #AF49DC

tetradic

#DCAF49 #49DC66 #4976DC #DC49BF

square

#DCAF49 #49DC66 #4976DC #DC49BF

split-complementary

#DCAF49 #49BFDC #6649DC

monochromatic

#8F6C1C #C29225 #DCAF49 #E6C67C #F0DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DCAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DCAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF49

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF49	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)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.129 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc680',
    500: '#dcaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf49;
$custom-light: #ebc680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7761,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF49

secondary

#A3B5DE

accent

#72EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF49

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

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