#DCB199#DCB199

#DCB199 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.060 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB199
RGB	rgb(220, 177, 153)
HSL	hsl(21, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(21, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 12.18, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 21.90, 56.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0382 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.06 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9881, 48.9622, 36.8957)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB199 #99C4DC

analogous

#DC99A2 #DCB199 #DCD399

triadic

#DCB199 #99DCB1 #B199DC

tetradic

#DCB199 #A2DC99 #99C4DC #D399DC

square

#DCB199 #A2DC99 #99C4DC #D399DC

split-complementary

#DCB199 #99DCD3 #99A2DC

monochromatic

#BB6C40 #CC8E6B #DCB199 #ECD4C7 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#DCB199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB199

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB199	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 177, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.060 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c8b7',
    500: '#dcb199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb199;
$custom-light: #e8c8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79276,
    "c": 0.06021,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB199

secondary

#DDE8EE

accent

#88BC29

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB199

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

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