#DCB396#DCB396

#DCB396 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.062 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB396
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(25, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(25, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 10.73, 20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 23.06, 62.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0338 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.062 57)
XYZ	xyz(51.1414, 49.6602, 35.7398)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB396 #96BFDC

analogous

#DC969C #DCB396 #DCD696

triadic

#DCB396 #96DCB3 #B396DC

tetradic

#DCB396 #9CDC96 #96BFDC #D696DC

square

#DCB396 #9CDC96 #96BFDC #D696DC

split-complementary

#DCB396 #96DCD6 #969CDC

monochromatic

#BA713E #CD9268 #DCB396 #EBD4C4 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DCB396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#DCB396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB396

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB396	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.062 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c9b5',
    500: '#dcb396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb396;
$custom-light: #e8c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79594,
    "c": 0.062,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.49658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB396

secondary

#DDE7EE

accent

#80BD28

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB396

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

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