#DCB397#DCB397

#DCB397 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.061 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB397
RGB	rgb(220, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(24, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(24, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 10.85, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 22.67, 61.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0342 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.061 56)
XYZ	xyz(51.2222, 49.6925, 36.1657)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB397 #97C0DC

analogous

#DC979D #DCB397 #DCD597

triadic

#DCB397 #97DCB3 #B397DC

tetradic

#DCB397 #9DDC97 #97C0DC #D597DC

square

#DCB397 #9DDC97 #97C0DC #D597DC

split-complementary

#DCB397 #97DCD5 #979DDC

monochromatic

#BA713F #CD9269 #DCB397 #EBD4C5 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DCB397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#DCB397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB397

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB397	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.061 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c9b5',
    500: '#dcb397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb397;
$custom-light: #e8c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.348,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79616,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.4969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB397

secondary

#DDE7EE

accent

#81BD29

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB397

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

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