#DCC581#DCC581

#DCC581 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.091 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC581
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -1.23, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 37.06, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0023 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.091 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4452, 56.7351, 28.9004)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC581 #8198DC

analogous

#DC9781 #DCC581 #C5DC81

triadic

#DCC581 #81DCC5 #C581DC

tetradic

#DCC581 #81DC97 #8198DC #DC81C5

square

#DCC581 #81DC97 #8198DC #DC81C5

split-complementary

#DCC581 #81C5DC #9781DC

monochromatic

#B19131 #CFAF51 #DCC581 #E9DBB1 #F7F1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DCC581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DCC581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC581

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC581	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.091 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6a6',
    500: '#dcc581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc581;
$custom-light: #e8d6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.835,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82749,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC581

secondary

#4F68B3

accent

#4BC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC581

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

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