#DCC173#DCC173

#DCC173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.102 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC173
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -0.55, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 42.60, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0016 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.102 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6814, 54.5956, 24.0321)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC173 #738EDC

analogous

#DC8C73 #DCC173 #C3DC73

triadic

#DCC173 #73DCC1 #C173DC

tetradic

#DCC173 #73DC8C #738EDC #DC73C3

square

#DCC173 #73DC8C #738EDC #DC73C3

split-complementary

#DCC173 #73C3DC #8C73DC

monochromatic

#AA892B #D0AB42 #DCC173 #E8D7A4 #F4ECD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DCC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC173

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC173	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.102 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39c',
    500: '#dcc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc173;
$custom-light: #e9d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC173

secondary

#4761AD

accent

#4AC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC173

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

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