#DCB273#DCB273

#DCB273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.094 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB273
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 115)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 7.35, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 38.54, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0215 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.094 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5320, 48.2969, 22.9823)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB273 #739DDC

analogous

#DC7D73 #DCB273 #D1DC73

triadic

#DCB273 #73DCB2 #B273DC

tetradic

#DCB273 #73DC7D #739DDC #DC73D1

square

#DCB273 #73DC7D #739DDC #DC73D1

split-complementary

#DCB273 #73D1DC #7D73DC

monochromatic

#AA772B #D09742 #DCB273 #E8CDA4 #F4E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#DCB273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB273

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB273	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.094 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c89c',
    500: '#dcb273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb273;
$custom-light: #e9c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78734,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB273

secondary

#C4D2E7

accent

#62C81E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB273

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

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