#DCB178#DCB178

#DCB178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.089 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB178
RGB	rgb(220, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(34, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 8.37, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 36.00, 76.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.025 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.089 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6293, 48.0186, 24.4728)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB178 #78A3DC

analogous

#DC7F78 #DCB178 #D5DC78

triadic

#DCB178 #78DCB1 #B178DC

tetradic

#DCB178 #78DC7F #78A3DC #DC78D5

square

#DCB178 #78DC7F #78A3DC #DC78D5

split-complementary

#DCB178 #78D5DC #7F78DC

monochromatic

#AD762D #CF9547 #DCB178 #E9CDA9 #F5E9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DCB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#DCB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB178

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB178	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.089 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c89f',
    500: '#dcb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb178;
$custom-light: #e9c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78621,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB178

secondary

#C8D6E8

accent

#67C61F

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB178

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

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