#DCAA79#DCAA79

#DCAA79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.087 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAA79
RGB	rgb(220, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(30, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 12.21, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 34.50, 69.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0364 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.087 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3430, 45.3484, 24.3449)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAA79 #79ABDC

analogous

#DC797A #DCAA79 #DCDC79

triadic

#DCAA79 #79DCAA #AA79DC

tetradic

#DCAA79 #7ADC79 #79ABDC #DC79DC

square

#DCAA79 #7ADC79 #79ABDC #DC79DC

split-complementary

#DCAA79 #79DCDC #797ADC

monochromatic

#AD6D2D #CF8B48 #DCAA79 #E9C9AA #F5E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DCAA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#DCAA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAA79

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAA79	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.087 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c3a0',
    500: '#dcaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaa79;
$custom-light: #e9c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.697,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77284,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAA79

secondary

#C9D9E8

accent

#74C61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAA79

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

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