#DCC499#DCC499

#DCC499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.063 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC499
RGB	rgb(220, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 2.11, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 24.81, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83% 0.0088 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.063 82)
XYZ	xyz(55.0056, 56.9972, 38.2349)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC499 #99B1DC

analogous

#DCA299 #DCC499 #D3DC99

triadic

#DCC499 #99DCC4 #C499DC

tetradic

#DCC499 #99DCA2 #99B1DC #DC99D3

square

#DCC499 #99DCA2 #99B1DC #DC99D3

split-complementary

#DCC499 #99D3DC #A299DC

monochromatic

#BB8F40 #CCAA6B #DCC499 #ECDEC7 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DCC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC499

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC499	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.063 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d5b7',
    500: '#dcc499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc499;
$custom-light: #e7d5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82997,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.56995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC499

secondary

#6581B4

accent

#5EBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC499

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

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