#DCC99D#DCC99D

#DCC99D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.062 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC99D
RGB	rgb(220, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(42, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, 0.02, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 24.45, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% 0.0028 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.062 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4882, 59.4248, 40.3863)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC99D #9DB0DC

analogous

#DCAA9D #DCC99D #D0DC9D

triadic

#DCC99D #9DDCC9 #C99DDC

tetradic

#DCC99D #9DDCAA #9DB0DC #DC9DD0

square

#DCC99D #9DDCAA #9DB0DC #DC9DD0

split-complementary

#DCC99D #9DD0DC #AA9DDC

monochromatic

#BC9743 #CCB070 #DCC99D #ECE2CA #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DCC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DCC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC99D

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC99D	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.062 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d9ba',
    500: '#dcc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc99d;
$custom-light: #e7d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84081,
    "c": 0.06191,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC99D

secondary

#6980B4

accent

#56BB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC99D

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

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