#DCC481#DCC481

#DCC481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.090 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC481
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -0.71, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 36.72, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0008 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.09 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2189, 56.2825, 28.8249)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC481 #8199DC

analogous

#DC9681 #DCC481 #C6DC81

triadic

#DCC481 #81DCC4 #C481DC

tetradic

#DCC481 #81DC96 #8199DC #DC81C6

square

#DCC481 #81DC96 #8199DC #DC81C6

split-complementary

#DCC481 #81C6DC #9681DC

monochromatic

#B19031 #CFAE51 #DCC481 #E9DAB1 #F7F1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DCC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DCC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC481

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC481	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.090 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5a6',
    500: '#dcc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc481;
$custom-light: #e8d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.176,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82547,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC481

secondary

#4F69B3

accent

#4CC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC481

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

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