#DCC18D#DCC18D

#DCC18D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.075 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC18D
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 141)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(39, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, 2.20, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 29.81, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% 0.0085 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.075 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3940, 55.2807, 33.0518)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC18D #8DA8DC

analogous

#DC998D #DCC18D #CFDC8D

triadic

#DCC18D #8DDCC1 #C18DDC

tetradic

#DCC18D #8DDC99 #8DA8DC #DC8DCF

square

#DCC18D #8DDC99 #8DA8DC #DC8DCF

split-complementary

#DCC18D #8DCFDC #998DDC

monochromatic

#B78B38 #CEA85E #DCC18D #EADABC #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DCC18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC18D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC18D	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.075 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d3ae',
    500: '#dcc18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc18d;
$custom-light: #e8d3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.494,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82159,
    "c": 0.07462,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC18D

secondary

#5A78B3

accent

#5AC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC18D

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

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