#DCC296#DCC296

#DCC296 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.065 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC296
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 2.78, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 25.70, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% 0.0106 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.065 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3128, 56.0031, 36.7969)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC296 #96B0DC

analogous

#DC9F96 #DCC296 #D3DC96

triadic

#DCC296 #96DCC2 #C296DC

tetradic

#DCC296 #96DC9F #96B0DC #DC96D3

square

#DCC296 #96DC9F #96B0DC #DC96D3

split-complementary

#DCC296 #96D3DC #9F96DC

monochromatic

#BA8C3E #CDA768 #DCC296 #EBDDC4 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DCC296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC296

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC296	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.065 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d4b5',
    500: '#dcc296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc296;
$custom-light: #e8d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82536,
    "c": 0.06525,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC296

secondary

#6381B4

accent

#60BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC296

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

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