#DCC37E#DCC37E

#DCC37E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.092 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC37E
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 126)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -0.51, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 37.86, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0005 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.092 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7976, 55.7543, 27.7152)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC37E #7E97DC

analogous

#DC947E #DCC37E #C6DC7E

triadic

#DCC37E #7EDCC3 #C37EDC

tetradic

#DCC37E #7EDC94 #7E97DC #DC7EC6

square

#DCC37E #7EDC94 #7E97DC #DC7EC6

split-complementary

#DCC37E #7EC6DC #947EDC

monochromatic

#B08E30 #CFAD4E #DCC37E #E9D9AE #F6F0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DCC37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC37E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC37E	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)

#D1C179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.092 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5a4',
    500: '#dcc37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc37e;
$custom-light: #e8d5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.043,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82295,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC37E

secondary

#4C67B2

accent

#4CC521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC37E

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

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