#DCB261#DCB261

#DCB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB261
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 5.78, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 47.00, 82.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0148 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.111 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5955, 47.9223, 18.0499)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB261 #618BDC

analogous

#DC7461 #DCB261 #C9DC61

triadic

#DCB261 #61DCB2 #B261DC

tetradic

#DCB261 #61DC74 #618BDC #DC61C9

square

#DCB261 #61DC74 #618BDC #DC61C9

split-complementary

#DCB261 #61C9DC #7461DC

monochromatic

#9F7523 #D19A2F #DCB261 #E7CA93 #F2E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DCB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#DCB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB261

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB261	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac890',
    500: '#dcb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb261;
$custom-light: #eac890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78472,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB261

secondary

#B6C5E3

accent

#57CC1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB261

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

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