#DCAF51#DCAF51

#DCAF51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.123 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF51
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 6.22, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 53.59, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0141 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.123 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3329, 46.4726, 14.3127)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF51 #517EDC

analogous

#DC6A51 #DCAF51 #C3DC51

triadic

#DCAF51 #51DCAF #AF51DC

tetradic

#DCAF51 #51DC6A #517EDC #DC51C3

square

#DCAF51 #51DC6A #517EDC #DC51C3

split-complementary

#DCAF51 #51C3DC #6A51DC

monochromatic

#956E1E #C89428 #DCAF51 #E6C684 #F0DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DCAF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#DCAF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF51

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF51	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.123 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac685',
    500: '#dcaf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf51;
$custom-light: #eac685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.576,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7769,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF51

secondary

#A9BBE0

accent

#76E93E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF51

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

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