#DCC397#DCC397

#DCC397 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.065 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC397
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 151)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, 2.38, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 25.50, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% 0.0095 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.065 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6170, 56.4821, 37.2973)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC397 #97B0DC

analogous

#DCA097 #DCC397 #D2DC97

triadic

#DCC397 #97DCC3 #C397DC

tetradic

#DCC397 #97DCA0 #97B0DC #DC97D2

square

#DCC397 #97DCA0 #97B0DC #DC97D2

split-complementary

#DCC397 #97D2DC #A097DC

monochromatic

#BA8D3F #CDA969 #DCC397 #EBDDC5 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DCC397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC397

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC397	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.065 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d5b6',
    500: '#dcc397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc397;
$custom-light: #e7d5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82756,
    "c": 0.06471,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC397

secondary

#6481B4

accent

#5EBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC397

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

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