#DCB281#DCB281

#DCB281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.081 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB281
RGB	rgb(220, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(32, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 8.78, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 32.02, 74.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0269 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.081 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3996, 48.6440, 27.5518)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB281 #81ABDC

analogous

#DC8481 #DCB281 #D8DC81

triadic

#DCB281 #81DCB2 #B281DC

tetradic

#DCB281 #81DC84 #81ABDC #DC81D8

square

#DCB281 #81DC84 #81ABDC #DC81D8

split-complementary

#DCB281 #81D8DC #8481DC

monochromatic

#B17631 #CF9551 #DCB281 #E9CFB1 #F7EDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DCB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB281

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB281	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.081 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c9a6',
    500: '#dcb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb281;
$custom-light: #e8c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB281

secondary

#CFDBEA

accent

#6CC421

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#16130F

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB281

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

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