#DCC28D#DCC28D

#DCC28D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.075 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC28D
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 141)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, 1.68, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 30.11, 86.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% 0.007 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.075 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6158, 55.7243, 33.1258)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC28D #8DA7DC

analogous

#DC9A8D #DCC28D #CEDC8D

triadic

#DCC28D #8DDCC2 #C28DDC

tetradic

#DCC28D #8DDC9A #8DA7DC #DC8DCE

square

#DCC28D #8DDC9A #8DA7DC #DC8DCE

split-complementary

#DCC28D #8DCEDC #9A8DDC

monochromatic

#B78D38 #CEA95E #DCC28D #EADBBC #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DCC28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC28D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC28D	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.075 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d4ae',
    500: '#dcc28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc28d;
$custom-light: #e8d4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.253,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82359,
    "c": 0.07525,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC28D

secondary

#5A77B3

accent

#58C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC28D

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

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