#DCC17E#DCC17E

#DCC17E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.091 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC17E
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 126)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, 0.54, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 37.21, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% 0.0026 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.091 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3525, 54.8641, 27.5668)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC17E #7E99DC

analogous

#DC927E #DCC17E #C8DC7E

triadic

#DCC17E #7EDCC1 #C17EDC

tetradic

#DCC17E #7EDC92 #7E99DC #DC7EC8

square

#DCC17E #7EDC92 #7E99DC #DC7EC8

split-complementary

#DCC17E #7EC8DC #927EDC

monochromatic

#B08B30 #CFAA4E #DCC17E #E9D8AE #F6EFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DCC17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC17E

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC17E	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)

#D0BF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.091 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d3a4',
    500: '#dcc17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc17e;
$custom-light: #e8d3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.766,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81892,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC17E

secondary

#4C69B2

accent

#50C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC17E

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

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