#DCC899#DCC899

#DCC899 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.066 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC899
RGB	rgb(220, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, 0.02, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 26.10, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0027 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.066 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9199, 58.8258, 38.5396)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC899 #99ADDC

analogous

#DCA699 #DCC899 #CEDC99

triadic

#DCC899 #99DCC8 #C899DC

tetradic

#DCC899 #99DCA6 #99ADDC #DC99CE

square

#DCC899 #99DCA6 #99ADDC #DC99CE

split-complementary

#DCC899 #99CEDC #A699DC

monochromatic

#BB9640 #CCAF6B #DCC899 #ECE1C7 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DCC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DCC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC899

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC899	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.066 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d8b7',
    500: '#dcc899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc899;
$custom-light: #e7d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83798,
    "c": 0.06584,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC899

secondary

#657DB4

accent

#55BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC899

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

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