#DCB299#DCB299

#DCB299 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.060 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB299
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(22, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(22, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 11.65, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 21.90, 57.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0366 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.06 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1863, 49.3586, 36.9618)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB299 #99C3DC

analogous

#DC99A1 #DCB299 #DCD399

triadic

#DCB299 #99DCB2 #B299DC

tetradic

#DCB299 #A1DC99 #99C3DC #D399DC

square

#DCB299 #A1DC99 #99C3DC #D399DC

split-complementary

#DCB299 #99DCD3 #99A1DC

monochromatic

#BB6E40 #CC906B #DCB299 #ECD4C7 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#DCB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB299

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB299	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.060 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c9b7',
    500: '#dcb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb299;
$custom-light: #e8c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79468,
    "c": 0.05989,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB299

secondary

#DDE8EE

accent

#85BC29

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB299

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

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