#DCB59D#DCB59D

#DCB59D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.056 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB59D
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(23, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(23, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 10.57, 17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 20.47, 58.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0335 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.056 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1257, 50.6999, 38.9321)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB59D #9DC4DC

analogous

#DC9DA5 #DCB59D #DCD59D

triadic

#DCB59D #9DDCB5 #B59DDC

tetradic

#DCB59D #A5DC9D #9DC4DC #D59DDC

square

#DCB59D #A5DC9D #9DC4DC #D59DDC

split-complementary

#DCB59D #9DDCD5 #9DA5DC

monochromatic

#BC7143 #CC9370 #DCB59D #ECD7CA #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DCB59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#DCB59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB59D

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB59D	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.056 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cbba',
    500: '#dcb59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb59d;
$custom-light: #e7cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80138,
    "c": 0.05605,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB59D

secondary

#6997B4

accent

#84BB2B

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB59D

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

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