#DCB581#DCB581

#DCB581 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.082 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB581
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 129)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 41.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 7.18, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 32.58, 77.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.0222 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.082 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0031, 49.8508, 27.7530)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB581 #81A8DC

analogous

#DC8781 #DCB581 #D5DC81

triadic

#DCB581 #81DCB5 #B581DC

tetradic

#DCB581 #81DC87 #81A8DC #DC81D5

square

#DCB581 #81DC87 #81A8DC #DC81D5

split-complementary

#DCB581 #81D5DC #8781DC

monochromatic

#B17A31 #CF9951 #DCB581 #E9D1B1 #F7EDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DCB581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#DCB581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB581

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB581	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.082 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cba6',
    500: '#dcb581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb581;
$custom-light: #e8cba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79561,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB581

secondary

#CFDAEA

accent

#67C421

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#16130F

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB581

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

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