#DCC28E#DCC28E

#DCC28E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.074 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC28E
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 142)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, 1.80, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 29.62, 86.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% 0.0074 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.074 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6905, 55.7542, 33.5194)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC28E #8EA8DC

analogous

#DC9B8E #DCC28E #CFDC8E

triadic

#DCC28E #8EDCC2 #C28EDC

tetradic

#DCC28E #8EDC9B #8EA8DC #DC8ECF

square

#DCC28E #8EDC9B #8EA8DC #DC8ECF

split-complementary

#DCC28E #8ECFDC #9B8EDC

monochromatic

#B78D39 #CEA95F #DCC28E #EADBBD #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DCC28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC28E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC28E	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.074 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d4af',
    500: '#dcc28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc28e;
$custom-light: #e8d4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82378,
    "c": 0.07414,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC28E

secondary

#5B78B3

accent

#59C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC28E

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

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