#DCC591#DCC591

#DCC591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.073 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC591
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, 0.59, 29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 29.09, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% 0.004 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.073 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5932, 57.1943, 34.9464)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC591 #91A8DC

analogous

#DCA091 #DCC591 #CEDC91

triadic

#DCC591 #91DCC5 #C591DC

tetradic

#DCC591 #91DCA0 #91A8DC #DC91CE

square

#DCC591 #91DCA0 #91A8DC #DC91CE

split-complementary

#DCC591 #91CEDC #A091DC

monochromatic

#B8923B #CDAD63 #DCC591 #EBDDBF #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DCC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DCC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC591

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC591	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.073 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6b1',
    500: '#dcc591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc591;
$custom-light: #e8d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83037,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC591

secondary

#5E78B3

accent

#55BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC591

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

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