#DCC596#DCC596

#DCC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.067 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC596
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 1.21, 26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 26.60, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% 0.006 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.067 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.9873, 57.3519, 37.0218)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC596 #96ADDC

analogous

#DCA296 #DCC596 #D0DC96

triadic

#DCC596 #96DCC5 #C596DC

tetradic

#DCC596 #96DCA2 #96ADDC #DC96D0

square

#DCC596 #96DCA2 #96ADDC #DC96D0

split-complementary

#DCC596 #96D0DC #A296DC

monochromatic

#BA913E #CDAC68 #DCC596 #EBDEC4 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DCC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DCC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC596

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC596	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.067 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6b5',
    500: '#dcc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc596;
$custom-light: #e8d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83135,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC596

secondary

#637DB4

accent

#59BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC596

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

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