#DCB481#DCB481

#DCB481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.081 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB481
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, 7.71, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 32.38, 76.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0238 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.081 73)
XYZ	xyz(49.8005, 49.4456, 27.6854)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB481 #81A9DC

analogous

#DC8681 #DCB481 #D7DC81

triadic

#DCB481 #81DCB4 #B481DC

tetradic

#DCB481 #81DC86 #81A9DC #DC81D7

square

#DCB481 #81DC86 #81A9DC #DC81D7

split-complementary

#DCB481 #81D7DC #8681DC

monochromatic

#B17931 #CF9751 #DCB481 #E9D1B1 #F7EDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DCB481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#DCB481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB481

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB481	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.081 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8caa6',
    500: '#dcb481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb481;
$custom-light: #e8caa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.626,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79365,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.49443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB481

secondary

#CFDBEA

accent

#69C421

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#16130F

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB481

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

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