#DCC172#DCC172

#DCC172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.103 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC172
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -0.65, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 43.08, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.002 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.104 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6241, 54.5727, 23.7307)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC172 #728DDC

analogous

#DC8C72 #DCC172 #C2DC72

triadic

#DCC172 #72DCC1 #C172DC

tetradic

#DCC172 #72DC8C #728DDC #DC72C2

square

#DCC172 #72DC8C #728DDC #DC72C2

split-complementary

#DCC172 #72C2DC #8C72DC

monochromatic

#AA892A #D0AB41 #DCC172 #E8D7A3 #F4ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DCC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC172

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC172	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.103 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39c',
    500: '#dcc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc172;
$custom-light: #e9d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.717,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81705,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC172

secondary

#4660AC

accent

#49C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC172

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

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