#DCB48E#DCB48E

#DCB48E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.069 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB48E
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 142)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(29, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 9.20, 24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 26.49, 69.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.029 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.069 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7202, 49.8135, 32.5293)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB48E #8EB6DC

analogous

#DC8E8F #DCB48E #DCDB8E

triadic

#DCB48E #8EDCB4 #B48EDC

tetradic

#DCB48E #8FDC8E #8EB6DC #DB8EDC

square

#DCB48E #8FDC8E #8EB6DC #DB8EDC

split-complementary

#DCB48E #8EDCDB #8E8FDC

monochromatic

#B77639 #CE955F #DCB48E #EAD3BD #F8EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DCB48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#DCB48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB48E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB48E	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.069 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8caaf',
    500: '#dcb48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb48e;
$custom-light: #e8caaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79617,
    "c": 0.06894,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB48E

secondary

#D9E3ED

accent

#75C025

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#161310

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB48E

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

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