#DCB279#DCB279

#DCB279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.088 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB279
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 7.94, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 35.72, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0238 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.088 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8886, 48.4395, 24.8601)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB279 #79A3DC

analogous

#DC8179 #DCB279 #D5DC79

triadic

#DCB279 #79DCB2 #B279DC

tetradic

#DCB279 #79DC81 #79A3DC #DC79D5

square

#DCB279 #79DC81 #79A3DC #DC79D5

split-complementary

#DCB279 #79D5DC #8179DC

monochromatic

#AD772D #CF9648 #DCB279 #E9CEAA #F5EADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#DCB279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB279

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB279	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.088 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c8a0',
    500: '#dcb279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb279;
$custom-light: #e9c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78833,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB279

secondary

#C9D6E8

accent

#66C61F

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130F

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB279

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

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