#DCC174#DCC174

#DCC174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.101 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC174
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -0.46, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 42.11, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0013 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.101 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7392, 54.6188, 24.3368)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC174 #748FDC

analogous

#DC8D74 #DCC174 #C3DC74

triadic

#DCC174 #74DCC1 #C174DC

tetradic

#DCC174 #74DC8D #748FDC #DC74C3

square

#DCC174 #74DC8D #748FDC #DC74C3

split-complementary

#DCC174 #74C3DC #8D74DC

monochromatic

#AB892B #D0AB43 #DCC174 #E8D7A5 #F5EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DCC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC174

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC174	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)

#D1BF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.101 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39d',
    500: '#dcc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc174;
$custom-light: #e9d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.423,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81734,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC174

secondary

#4762AD

accent

#4AC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC174

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

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