#DCA591#DCA591

#DCA591 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.071 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA591
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(16, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 34.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 17.61, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 25.38, 46.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.054 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.071 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0825, 44.1730, 32.7762)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA591 #91C8DC

analogous

#DC91A3 #DCA591 #DCCB91

triadic

#DCA591 #91DCA5 #A591DC

tetradic

#DCA591 #A3DC91 #91C8DC #CB91DC

square

#DCA591 #A3DC91 #91C8DC #CB91DC

split-complementary

#DCA591 #91DCCB #91A3DC

monochromatic

#B85C3B #CD7F63 #DCA591 #EBCBBF #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#DCA591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA591

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA591	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.071 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bfb1',
    500: '#dca591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca591;
$custom-light: #e8bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76822,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA591

secondary

#DBE9EE

accent

#96BF26

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F5

border

#D5D0CF

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA591

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

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