#DCB799#DCB799

#DCB799 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.059 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB799
RGB	rgb(220, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(27, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, 8.98, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 22.15, 66.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0288 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.059 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1994, 51.3847, 37.2995)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB799 #99BEDC

analogous

#DC999C #DCB799 #DCD899

triadic

#DCB799 #99DCB7 #B799DC

tetradic

#DCB799 #9CDC99 #99BEDC #D899DC

square

#DCB799 #9CDC99 #99BEDC #D899DC

split-complementary

#DCB799 #99DCD8 #999CDC

monochromatic

#BB7740 #CC976B #DCB799 #ECD7C7 #F7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DCB799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#DCB799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB799

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB799	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.059 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ccb7',
    500: '#dcb799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb799;
$custom-light: #e8ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80435,
    "c": 0.05908,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB799

secondary

#6591B4

accent

#7ABC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFAF8

border

#D5D3D1

text

#161311

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB799

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

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