#DCC480#DCC480

#DCC480 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.091 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC480
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -0.82, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 37.21, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0012 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.091 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1528, 56.2561, 28.4766)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC480 #8098DC

analogous

#DC9680 #DCC480 #C6DC80

triadic

#DCC480 #80DCC4 #C480DC

tetradic

#DCC480 #80DC96 #8098DC #DC80C6

square

#DCC480 #80DC96 #8098DC #DC80C6

split-complementary

#DCC480 #80C6DC #9680DC

monochromatic

#B18F31 #CFAE50 #DCC480 #E9DAB0 #F6F1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DCC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC480

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC480	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C27B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.091 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5a5',
    500: '#dcc480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc480;
$custom-light: #e8d5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8253,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC480

secondary

#4E68B3

accent

#4CC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC480

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

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