#DCC178#DCC178

#DCC178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.097 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC178
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -0.07, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 40.16, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% 0.0002 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.097 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9769, 54.7138, 25.5886)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC178 #7893DC

analogous

#DC8F78 #DCC178 #C5DC78

triadic

#DCC178 #78DCC1 #C178DC

tetradic

#DCC178 #78DC8F #7893DC #DC78C5

square

#DCC178 #78DC8F #7893DC #DC78C5

split-complementary

#DCC178 #78C5DC #8F78DC

monochromatic

#AD8A2D #CFAB47 #DCC178 #E9D7A9 #F5EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DCC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC178

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC178	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.097 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d3a0',
    500: '#dcc178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc178;
$custom-light: #e9d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81796,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC178

secondary

#4965AF

accent

#4CC61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC178

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

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