#DCB277#DCB277

#DCB277 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.090 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB277
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 7.74, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 36.66, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.023 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.09 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7672, 48.3910, 24.2209)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB277 #77A1DC

analogous

#DC8077 #DCB277 #D3DC77

triadic

#DCB277 #77DCB2 #B277DC

tetradic

#DCB277 #77DC80 #77A1DC #DC77D3

square

#DCB277 #77DC80 #77A1DC #DC77D3

split-complementary

#DCB277 #77D3DC #8077DC

monochromatic

#AC772C #CF9646 #DCB277 #E9CEA8 #F5E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DCB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#DCB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB277

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB277	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.090 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c89f',
    500: '#dcb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb277;
$custom-light: #e9c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.05,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78799,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB277

secondary

#C7D5E8

accent

#65C71F

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB277

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

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