#DCA38C#DCA38C

#DCA38C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.075 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA38C
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 140)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(17, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 18.07, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 27.11, 48.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0552 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.075 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3475, 43.3063, 30.6709)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA38C #8CC5DC

analogous

#DC8C9D #DCA38C #DCCB8C

triadic

#DCA38C #8CDCA3 #A38CDC

tetradic

#DCA38C #9DDC8C #8CC5DC #CB8CDC

square

#DCA38C #9DDC8C #8CC5DC #CB8CDC

split-complementary

#DCA38C #8CDCCB #8C9DDC

monochromatic

#B65C37 #CE7D5D #DCA38C #EAC9BB #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#DCA38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA38C

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA38C	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.075 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bead',
    500: '#dca38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca38c;
$custom-light: #e8bead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76337,
    "c": 0.07534,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA38C

secondary

#D7E7ED

accent

#94C125

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA38C

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

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