#DCC79D#DCC79D

#DCC79D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.060 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC79D
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 1.06, 23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 23.78, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.0058 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.06 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0250, 58.4985, 40.2319)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC79D #9DB2DC

analogous

#DCA89D #DCC79D #D2DC9D

triadic

#DCC79D #9DDCC7 #C79DDC

tetradic

#DCC79D #9DDCA8 #9DB2DC #DC9DD2

square

#DCC79D #9DDCA8 #9DB2DC #DC9DD2

split-complementary

#DCC79D #9DD2DC #A89DDC

monochromatic

#BC9343 #CCAD70 #DCC79D #ECE1CA #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DCC79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC79D

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC79D	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.060 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d7ba',
    500: '#dcc79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc79d;
$custom-light: #e7d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8368,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC79D

secondary

#6982B4

accent

#5BBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC79D

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

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