#DCB272#DCB272

#DCB272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.095 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB272
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 114)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 7.25, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 39.01, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0211 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.095 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4748, 48.2740, 22.6809)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB272 #729CDC

analogous

#DC7D72 #DCB272 #D1DC72

triadic

#DCB272 #72DCB2 #B272DC

tetradic

#DCB272 #72DC7D #729CDC #DC72D1

square

#DCB272 #72DC7D #729CDC #DC72D1

split-complementary

#DCB272 #72D1DC #7D72DC

monochromatic

#AA772A #D09741 #DCB272 #E8CDA3 #F4E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DCB272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB272

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB272	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B36D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.095 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c89b',
    500: '#dcb272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb272;
$custom-light: #e9c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78718,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB272

secondary

#C3D1E7

accent

#61C81E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB272

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

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