#DCC79E#DCC79E

#DCC79E is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.059 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC79E
RGB	rgb(220, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 1.19, 23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 23.28, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% 0.0063 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.059 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.1107, 58.5327, 40.6833)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC79E #9EB3DC

analogous

#DCA89E #DCC79E #D2DC9E

triadic

#DCC79E #9EDCC7 #C79EDC

tetradic

#DCC79E #9EDCA8 #9EB3DC #DC9ED2

square

#DCC79E #9EDCA8 #9EB3DC #DC9ED2

split-complementary

#DCC79E #9ED2DC #A89EDC

monochromatic

#BC9344 #CCAD71 #DCC79E #ECE1CB #F7F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DCC79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC79E

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC79E	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.059 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d7ba',
    500: '#dcc79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc79e;
$custom-light: #e7d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83701,
    "c": 0.05929,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC79E

secondary

#6A83B4

accent

#5CBA2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC79E

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

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