#DCA38E#DCA38E

#DCA38E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.074 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA38E
RGB	rgb(220, 163, 142)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(16, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 18.32, 19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 26.51, 46.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.056 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.074 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4963, 43.3658, 31.4547)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA38E #8EC7DC

analogous

#DC8EA0 #DCA38E #DCCA8E

triadic

#DCA38E #8EDCA3 #A38EDC

tetradic

#DCA38E #A0DC8E #8EC7DC #CA8EDC

square

#DCA38E #A0DC8E #8EC7DC #CA8EDC

split-complementary

#DCA38E #8EDCCA #8EA0DC

monochromatic

#B75B39 #CE7D5F #DCA38E #EAC9BD #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#DCA38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA38E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA38E	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)

#B1A98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 163, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.074 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8beaf',
    500: '#dca38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca38e;
$custom-light: #e8beaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76382,
    "c": 0.07426,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA38E

secondary

#D9E8ED

accent

#96C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA38E

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

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