#DCB59B#DCB59B

#DCB59B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.058 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB59B
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(24, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(24, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, 10.31, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 21.22, 60.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0327 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.058 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9564, 50.6321, 38.0402)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB59B #9BC2DC

analogous

#DC9BA1 #DCB59B #DCD59B

triadic

#DCB59B #9BDCB5 #B59BDC

tetradic

#DCB59B #A1DC9B #9BC2DC #D59BDC

square

#DCB59B #A1DC9B #9BC2DC #D59BDC

split-complementary

#DCB59B #9BDCD5 #9BA1DC

monochromatic

#BB7241 #CC936E #DCB59B #ECD7C8 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DCB59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#DCB59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB59B

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB59B	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.058 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbb8',
    500: '#dcb59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb59b;
$custom-light: #e8cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80092,
    "c": 0.05762,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB59B

secondary

#6795B4

accent

#81BB2A

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB59B

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

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