#DCB596#DCB596

#DCB596 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.062 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB596
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(27, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 9.66, 21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 23.20, 65.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% 0.0307 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.062 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5451, 50.4676, 35.8744)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB596 #96BDDC

analogous

#DC969A #DCB596 #DCD896

triadic

#DCB596 #96DCB5 #B596DC

tetradic

#DCB596 #9ADC96 #96BDDC #D896DC

square

#DCB596 #9ADC96 #96BDDC #D896DC

split-complementary

#DCB596 #96DCD8 #969ADC

monochromatic

#BA753E #CD9568 #DCB596 #EBD5C4 #F7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DCB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#DCB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB596

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB596	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.062 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbb5',
    500: '#dcb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb596;
$custom-light: #e8cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79981,
    "c": 0.06179,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB596

secondary

#6390B4

accent

#7BBD28

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB596

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

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