#DCB379#DCB379

#DCB379 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.089 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB379
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 121)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 7.40, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 35.92, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% 0.0222 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.089 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0883, 48.8389, 24.9267)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB379 #79A2DC

analogous

#DC8279 #DCB379 #D3DC79

triadic

#DCB379 #79DCB3 #B379DC

tetradic

#DCB379 #79DC82 #79A2DC #DC79D3

square

#DCB379 #79DC82 #79A2DC #DC79D3

split-complementary

#DCB379 #79D3DC #8279DC

monochromatic

#AD782D #CF9748 #DCB379 #E9CFAA #F5EADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DCB379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#DCB379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB379

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB379	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.089 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c9a0',
    500: '#dcb379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb379;
$custom-light: #e9c9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.152,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79029,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB379

secondary

#C9D6E8

accent

#64C61F

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130F

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB379

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

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