#DCC799#DCC799

#DCC799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.065 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC799
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 0.54, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 25.76, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% 0.0042 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.065 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6891, 58.3641, 38.4627)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC799 #99AEDC

analogous

#DCA599 #DCC799 #CFDC99

triadic

#DCC799 #99DCC7 #C799DC

tetradic

#DCC799 #99DCA5 #99AEDC #DC99CF

square

#DCC799 #99DCA5 #99AEDC #DC99CF

split-complementary

#DCC799 #99CFDC #A599DC

monochromatic

#BB9440 #CCAE6B #DCC799 #ECE0C7 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DCC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DCC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC799

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC799	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.065 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d7b7',
    500: '#dcc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc799;
$custom-light: #e7d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83597,
    "c": 0.06509,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC799

secondary

#657EB4

accent

#57BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC799

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

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