#DCC181#DCC181

#DCC181 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.088 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC181
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 129)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, 0.85, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 35.73, 88.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% 0.0037 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.088 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5490, 54.9427, 28.6016)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC181 #819CDC

analogous

#DC9381 #DCC181 #C9DC81

triadic

#DCC181 #81DCC1 #C181DC

tetradic

#DCC181 #81DC93 #819CDC #DC81C9

square

#DCC181 #81DC93 #819CDC #DC81C9

split-complementary

#DCC181 #81C9DC #9381DC

monochromatic

#B18B31 #CFA951 #DCC181 #E9D9B1 #F7F0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DCC181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC181

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC181	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBF7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.088 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d3a6',
    500: '#dcc181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc181;
$custom-light: #e8d3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81943,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC181

secondary

#4F6CB3

accent

#52C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC181

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

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