#DCC299#DCC299

#DCC299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.062 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC299
RGB	rgb(220, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 3.16, 24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 24.24, 82.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% 0.0118 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.062 79)
XYZ	xyz(54.5575, 56.1010, 38.0855)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC299 #99B3DC

analogous

#DCA099 #DCC299 #D5DC99

triadic

#DCC299 #99DCC2 #C299DC

tetradic

#DCC299 #99DCA0 #99B3DC #DC99D5

square

#DCC299 #99DCA0 #99B3DC #DC99D5

split-complementary

#DCC299 #99D5DC #A099DC

monochromatic

#BB8B40 #CCA76B #DCC299 #ECDDC7 #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DCC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DCC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC299

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC299	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.062 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d4b7',
    500: '#dcc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc299;
$custom-light: #e7d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82598,
    "c": 0.06193,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.56099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC299

secondary

#6584B4

accent

#62BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC299

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

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