#DCB36D#DCB36D

#DCB36D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.100 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB36D
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 109)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 6.26, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 41.60, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0176 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.1 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3976, 48.5627, 21.2894)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB36D #6D96DC

analogous

#DC7C6D #DCB36D #CDDC6D

triadic

#DCB36D #6DDCB3 #B36DDC

tetradic

#DCB36D #6DDC7C #6D96DC #DC6DCD

square

#DCB36D #6DDC7C #6D96DC #DC6DCD

split-complementary

#DCB36D #6DCDDC #7C6DDC

monochromatic

#A77828 #D0993C #DCB36D #E8CD9E #F4E6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DCB36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DCB36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB36D

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB36D	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.100 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c998',
    500: '#dcb36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb36d;
$custom-light: #e9c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.838,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78837,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB36D

secondary

#BFCDE6

accent

#5CC91C

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB36D

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

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