#DCC196#DCC196

#DCC196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.065 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC196
RGB	rgb(220, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, 3.30, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 25.42, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% 0.0121 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.065 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0910, 55.5595, 36.7230)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC196 #96B1DC

analogous

#DC9E96 #DCC196 #D4DC96

triadic

#DCC196 #96DCC1 #C196DC

tetradic

#DCC196 #96DC9E #96B1DC #DC96D4

square

#DCC196 #96DC9E #96B1DC #DC96D4

split-complementary

#DCC196 #96D4DC #9E96DC

monochromatic

#BA8A3E #CDA668 #DCC196 #EBDCC4 #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DCC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC196

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC196	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.065 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d3b5',
    500: '#dcc196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc196;
$custom-light: #e8d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82337,
    "c": 0.0647,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC196

secondary

#6382B4

accent

#62BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC196

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

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