#DCC48E#DCC48E

#DCC48E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.075 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC48E
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 142)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, 0.75, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 30.25, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% 0.0043 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.075 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1386, 56.6504, 33.6688)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC48E #8EA6DC

analogous

#DC9D8E #DCC48E #CDDC8E

triadic

#DCC48E #8EDCC4 #C48EDC

tetradic

#DCC48E #8EDC9D #8EA6DC #DC8ECD

square

#DCC48E #8EDC9D #8EA6DC #DC8ECD

split-complementary

#DCC48E #8ECDDC #9D8EDC

monochromatic

#B79039 #CEAC5F #DCC48E #EADCBD #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DCC48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC48E

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC48E	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C38A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.075 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5af',
    500: '#dcc48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc48e;
$custom-light: #e8d5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82779,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC48E

secondary

#5B76B3

accent

#55C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC48E

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

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