#DCB478#DCB478

#DCB478 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.090 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB478
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 120)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, 6.77, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 36.61, 79.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% 0.0203 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.09 77)
XYZ	xyz(49.2284, 49.2168, 24.6725)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB478 #78A0DC

analogous

#DC8278 #DCB478 #D2DC78

triadic

#DCB478 #78DCB4 #B478DC

tetradic

#DCB478 #78DC82 #78A0DC #DC78D2

square

#DCB478 #78DC82 #78A0DC #DC78D2

split-complementary

#DCB478 #78D2DC #8278DC

monochromatic

#AD7A2D #CF9947 #DCB478 #E9CFA9 #F5EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DCB478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#DCB478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB478

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB478	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.090 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9caa0',
    500: '#dcb478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb478;
$custom-light: #e9caa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79208,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.49214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB478

secondary

#C8D5E8

accent

#62C61F

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB478

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

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