#DCAF59#DCAF59

#DCAF59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAF59
RGB	rgb(220, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, 6.76, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 50.01, 82.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0167 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.117 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6507, 46.5998, 15.9868)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAF59 #5986DC

analogous

#DC6D59 #DCAF59 #C8DC59

triadic

#DCAF59 #59DCAF #AF59DC

tetradic

#DCAF59 #59DC6D #5986DC #DC59C8

square

#DCAF59 #59DC6D #5986DC #DC59C8

split-complementary

#DCAF59 #59C8DC #6D59DC

monochromatic

#9A7020 #CD952B #DCAF59 #E7C78C #F1E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DCAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#DCAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAF59

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAF59	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac68a',
    500: '#dcaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaf59;
$custom-light: #eac68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.389,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77781,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAF59

secondary

#AFC1E1

accent

#57CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAF59

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

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