#DCB59E#DCB59E

#DCB59E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.055 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB59E
RGB	rgb(220, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(22, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(22, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 10.71, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 20.10, 57.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0339 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.055 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2114, 50.7342, 39.3836)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB59E #9EC5DC

analogous

#DC9EA6 #DCB59E #DCD49E

triadic

#DCB59E #9EDCB5 #B59EDC

tetradic

#DCB59E #A6DC9E #9EC5DC #D49EDC

square

#DCB59E #A6DC9E #9EC5DC #D49EDC

split-complementary

#DCB59E #9EDCD4 #9EA6DC

monochromatic

#BC7044 #CC9371 #DCB59E #ECD7CB #F7EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DCB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB59E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB59E	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.055 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cbba',
    500: '#dcb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb59e;
$custom-light: #e7cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80161,
    "c": 0.0553,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB59E

secondary

#6A99B4

accent

#85BA2B

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB59E

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

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