#DCB697#DCB697

#DCB697 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.061 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB697
RGB	rgb(220, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(27, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 9.25, 20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 22.88, 66.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0295 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.061 61)
XYZ	xyz(51.8300, 50.9081, 36.3683)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB697 #97BDDC

analogous

#DC979A #DCB697 #DCD997

triadic

#DCB697 #97DCB6 #B697DC

tetradic

#DCB697 #9ADC97 #97BDDC #D997DC

square

#DCB697 #9ADC97 #97BDDC #D997DC

split-complementary

#DCB697 #97DCD9 #979ADC

monochromatic

#BA763F #CD9669 #DCB697 #EBD6C5 #F7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DCB697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#DCB697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB697

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB697	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.061 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbb5',
    500: '#dcb697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb697;
$custom-light: #e8cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.957,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80197,
    "c": 0.06087,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.50906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB697

secondary

#6490B4

accent

#7ABD29

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB697

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

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