#DCA18C#DCA18C

#DCA18C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.077 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA18C
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 140)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(16, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 19.15, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 27.37, 45.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0584 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.077 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9952, 42.6017, 30.5535)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA18C #8CC7DC

analogous

#DC8C9F #DCA18C #DCC98C

triadic

#DCA18C #8CDCA1 #A18CDC

tetradic

#DCA18C #9FDC8C #8CC7DC #C98CDC

square

#DCA18C #9FDC8C #8CC7DC #C98CDC

split-complementary

#DCA18C #8CDCC9 #8C9FDC

monochromatic

#B65937 #CE7B5D #DCA18C #EAC7BB #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DCA18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#DCA18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA18C

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA18C	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.077 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bdad',
    500: '#dca18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca18c;
$custom-light: #e8bdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA18C

secondary

#D7E7ED

accent

#98C125

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA18C

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

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