#DCB480#DCB480

#DCB480 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.082 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB480
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(34, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, 7.60, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 32.84, 76.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0234 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.082 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7343, 49.4192, 27.3371)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB480 #80A8DC

analogous

#DC8680 #DCB480 #D6DC80

triadic

#DCB480 #80DCB4 #B480DC

tetradic

#DCB480 #80DC86 #80A8DC #DC80D6

square

#DCB480 #80DC86 #80A8DC #DC80D6

split-complementary

#DCB480 #80D6DC #8680DC

monochromatic

#B17931 #CF9850 #DCB480 #E9D0B0 #F6EDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#DCB480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB480

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB480	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.082 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8caa5',
    500: '#dcb480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb480;
$custom-light: #e8caa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.0823,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB480

secondary

#CEDAEA

accent

#68C421

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#16130F

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB480

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

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