#DCAE99#DCAE99

#DCAE99 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.061 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE99
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(19, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(19, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 13.79, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 22.03, 51.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.0429 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.061 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4021, 47.7901, 36.7004)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE99 #99C7DC

analogous

#DC99A5 #DCAE99 #DCCF99

triadic

#DCAE99 #99DCAE #AE99DC

tetradic

#DCAE99 #A5DC99 #99C7DC #CF99DC

square

#DCAE99 #A5DC99 #99C7DC #CF99DC

split-complementary

#DCAE99 #99DCCF #99A5DC

monochromatic

#BB6640 #CC8A6B #DCAE99 #ECD2C7 #F7EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#DCAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE99

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE99	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.061 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c6b7',
    500: '#dcae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae99;
$custom-light: #e8c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.806,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.06148,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE99

secondary

#DDE9EE

accent

#8EBC29

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE99

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

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