#DCAD99#DCAD99

#DCAD99 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.062 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAD99
RGB	rgb(220, 173, 153)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(18, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 14.33, 16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 22.11, 49.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0445 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.062 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2096, 47.4051, 36.6362)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAD99 #99C8DC

analogous

#DC99A6 #DCAD99 #DCCE99

triadic

#DCAD99 #99DCAD #AD99DC

tetradic

#DCAD99 #A6DC99 #99C8DC #CE99DC

square

#DCAD99 #A6DC99 #99C8DC #CE99DC

split-complementary

#DCAD99 #99DCCE #99A6DC

monochromatic

#BB6540 #CC886B #DCAD99 #ECD2C7 #F7EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DCAD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#DCAD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAD99

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAD99	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcad99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 173, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.062 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c5b7',
    500: '#dcad99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcad99;
$custom-light: #e8c5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcad99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.91,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78513,
    "c": 0.06201,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAD99

secondary

#DDE9EE

accent

#90BC29

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAD99

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

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