#dcc299

Color #dcc299

A moderately saturated light orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 5.06 Nearest Tailwind class orange-200 #ffd6a7 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#dcc299

RGB

rgb(220, 194, 153)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 48.9%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 30.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 30.5%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(79.67, 3.16, 24.03)

LCH

lch(79.67, 24.24, 82.51)

OKLCH

oklch(82.6%, 0.0619, 79.02)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 60%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99b3dc

Analogous

#dca099

#dcc299

#d4dc99

Triadic

#dcc299

#99dcc2

#c299dc

Split-complementary

#dcc299

#99d4dc

#a099dc

Tetradic

#dcc299

#b3dc99

#99b3dc

#c299dc

Square

#dcc299

#99dca0

#99b3dc

#dc99d4

Shades

Color #dcc299 mixed toward black.

#cca66b

#b98a40

#8b6730

#5d4520

#2e2210

Tints

Color #dcc299 mixed toward white.

#e2ccaa

#e8d6bb

#ede0cc

#f3ebdd

#f9f5ee

Tones

Color #dcc299 mixed toward gray.

#d6c19e

#d1bfa4

#cbbeaa

#c6bdaf

#c0bcb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d1a4 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#d3d5a7 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#dbacae · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcc299;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcc299]

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Frequently asked questions

#dcc299 (#dcc299) is rgb(220, 194, 153) in RGB.

No, #dcc299 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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