#DCB381#DCB381

#DCB381 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.081 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB381
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 129)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, 8.24, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 32.19, 75.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.0254 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.081 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5993, 49.0433, 27.6184)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB381 #81AADC

analogous

#DC8581 #DCB381 #D7DC81

triadic

#DCB381 #81DCB3 #B381DC

tetradic

#DCB381 #81DC85 #81AADC #DC81D7

square

#DCB381 #81DC85 #81AADC #DC81D7

split-complementary

#DCB381 #81D7DC #8581DC

monochromatic

#B17831 #CF9651 #DCB381 #E9D0B1 #F7EDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DCB381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#DCB381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB381

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB381	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.081 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c9a6',
    500: '#dcb381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb381;
$custom-light: #e8c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.967,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7917,
    "c": 0.08107,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB381

secondary

#CFDBEA

accent

#6BC421

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#16130F

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB381

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

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