#DCC17D#DCC17D

#DCC17D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.092 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC17D
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 125)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, 0.43, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 37.70, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% 0.0022 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.092 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2883, 54.8384, 27.2287)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC17D #7D98DC

analogous

#DC917D #DCC17D #C8DC7D

triadic

#DCC17D #7DDCC1 #C17DDC

tetradic

#DCC17D #7DDC91 #7D98DC #DC7DC8

square

#DCC17D #7DDC91 #7D98DC #DC7DC8

split-complementary

#DCC17D #7DC8DC #917DDC

monochromatic

#AF8B2F #CFAA4D #DCC17D #E9D8AD #F6EFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DCC17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC17D

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC17D	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.092 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d3a3',
    500: '#dcc17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc17d;
$custom-light: #e8d3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.947,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81876,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC17D

secondary

#4C69B2

accent

#4FC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC17D

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

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