#DCA38B#DCA38B

#DCA38B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.076 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA38B
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 139)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(18, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 17.95, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 27.42, 49.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0548 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.076 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2741, 43.2769, 30.2844)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA38B #8BC4DC

analogous

#DC8B9B #DCA38B #DCCB8B

triadic

#DCA38B #8BDCA3 #A38BDC

tetradic

#DCA38B #9BDC8B #8BC4DC #CB8BDC

square

#DCA38B #9BDC8B #8BC4DC #CB8BDC

split-complementary

#DCA38B #8BDCCB #8B9BDC

monochromatic

#B65C37 #CE7E5C #DCA38B #EAC8BA #F8ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DCA38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#DCA38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA38B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA38B	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.076 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bead',
    500: '#dca38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca38b;
$custom-light: #e8bead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76316,
    "c": 0.0759,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA38B

secondary

#D6E6ED

accent

#93C124

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA38B

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

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