#DCC997#DCC997

#DCC997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.069 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC997
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -0.75, 27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 27.46, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% 0.0004 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.069 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.9885, 59.2249, 37.7544)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC997 #97AADC

analogous

#DCA697 #DCC997 #CDDC97

triadic

#DCC997 #97DCC9 #C997DC

tetradic

#DCC997 #97DCA6 #97AADC #DC97CD

square

#DCC997 #97DCA6 #97AADC #DC97CD

split-complementary

#DCC997 #97CDDC #A697DC

monochromatic

#BA983F #CDB169 #DCC997 #EBE1C5 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#DCC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC997

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC997	1.00	1.63	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.069 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9b6',
    500: '#dcc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc997;
$custom-light: #e7d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83959,
    "c": 0.06896,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC997

secondary

#647AB4

accent

#51BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC997

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

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