#DCB495#DCB495

#DCB495 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.063 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB495
RGB	rgb(220, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(26, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(26, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 10.07, 21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 23.53, 64.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0318 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.063 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2623, 50.0304, 35.3846)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB495 #95BDDC

analogous

#DC959A #DCB495 #DCD895

triadic

#DCB495 #95DCB4 #B495DC

tetradic

#DCB495 #9ADC95 #95BDDC #D895DC

square

#DCB495 #9ADC95 #95BDDC #D895DC

split-complementary

#DCB495 #95DCD8 #959ADC

monochromatic

#B9733D #CD9367 #DCB495 #EBD5C3 #F7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#DCB495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB495

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB495	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.063 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cab4',
    500: '#dcb495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb495;
$custom-light: #e8cab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79765,
    "c": 0.06271,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB495

secondary

#6290B4

accent

#7CBE28

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB495

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

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