#DCC379#DCC379

#DCC379 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.098 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC379
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -1.01, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 40.33, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0024 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.098 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4830, 55.6285, 26.0583)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC379 #7992DC

analogous

#DC9179 #DCC379 #C4DC79

triadic

#DCC379 #79DCC3 #C379DC

tetradic

#DCC379 #79DC91 #7992DC #DC79C4

square

#DCC379 #79DC91 #7992DC #DC79C4

split-complementary

#DCC379 #79C4DC #9179DC

monochromatic

#AD8D2D #CFAD48 #DCC379 #E9D9AA #F5EEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DCC379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC379

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC379	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.098 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5a1',
    500: '#dcc379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc379;
$custom-light: #e8d5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.848,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82215,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC379

secondary

#4A63B0

accent

#49C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC379

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

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