#DCC494#DCC494

#DCC494 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.069 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC494
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 33%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 32.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, 1.48, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 27.28, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% 0.0068 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.069 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6013, 56.8355, 36.1054)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC494 #94ACDC

analogous

#DCA094 #DCC494 #D0DC94

triadic

#DCC494 #94DCC4 #C494DC

tetradic

#DCC494 #94DCA0 #94ACDC #DC94D0

square

#DCC494 #94DCA0 #94ACDC #DC94D0

split-complementary

#DCC494 #94D0DC #A094DC

monochromatic

#B9903D #CDAB66 #DCC494 #EBDDC2 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DCC494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC494

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC494	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.069 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5b3',
    500: '#dcc494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc494;
$custom-light: #e8d5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.06872,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC494

secondary

#617CB4

accent

#5ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC494

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

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