#DCAF57#DCAF57

#DCAF57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.118 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF57
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 6.62, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 50.91, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.016 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.118 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5679, 46.5666, 15.5505)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF57 #5784DC

analogous

#DC6C57 #DCAF57 #C7DC57

triadic

#DCAF57 #57DCAF #AF57DC

tetradic

#DCAF57 #57DC6C #5784DC #DC57C7

square

#DCAF57 #57DC6C #5784DC #DC57C7

split-complementary

#DCAF57 #57C7DC #6C57DC

monochromatic

#997020 #CB952A #DCAF57 #E7C78A #F1DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DCAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#DCAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF57

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF57	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.118 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac689',
    500: '#dcaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf57;
$custom-light: #eac689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77757,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF57

secondary

#AEBFE1

accent

#55CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF57

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

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