#DCC281#DCC281

#DCC281 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.088 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC281
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, 0.33, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 36.05, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% 0.0022 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.088 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7708, 55.3863, 28.6755)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC281 #819BDC

analogous

#DC9481 #DCC281 #C8DC81

triadic

#DCC281 #81DCC2 #C281DC

tetradic

#DCC281 #81DC94 #819BDC #DC81C8

square

#DCC281 #81DC94 #819BDC #DC81C8

split-complementary

#DCC281 #81C8DC #9481DC

monochromatic

#B18D31 #CFAB51 #DCC281 #E9D9B1 #F7F0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DCC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DCC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC281

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC281	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.088 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d4a6',
    500: '#dcc281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc281;
$custom-light: #e8d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82144,
    "c": 0.08844,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC281

secondary

#4F6BB3

accent

#50C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC281

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

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