#DCA38D#DCA38D

#DCA38D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.075 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA38D
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(17, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 18.19, 19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 26.81, 47.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.0556 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.075 42)
XYZ	xyz(47.4216, 43.3359, 31.0610)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA38D #8DC6DC

analogous

#DC8D9E #DCA38D #DCCA8D

triadic

#DCA38D #8DDCA3 #A38DDC

tetradic

#DCA38D #9EDC8D #8DC6DC #CA8DDC

square

#DCA38D #9EDC8D #8DC6DC #CA8DDC

split-complementary

#DCA38D #8DDCCA #8D9EDC

monochromatic

#B75B38 #CE7D5E #DCA38D #EAC9BC #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#DCA38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA38D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA38D	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A98B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.075 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8beae',
    500: '#dca38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca38d;
$custom-light: #e8beae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.709,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7636,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.43333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA38D

secondary

#D8E7ED

accent

#95C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA38D

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

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