#DCB861#DCB861

#DCB861 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB861
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 2.61, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 48.51, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0055 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.114 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8155, 50.3623, 18.4566)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB861 #6185DC

analogous

#DC7B61 #DCB861 #C3DC61

triadic

#DCB861 #61DCB8 #B861DC

tetradic

#DCB861 #61DC7B #6185DC #DC61C3

square

#DCB861 #61DC7B #6185DC #DC61C3

split-complementary

#DCB861 #61C3DC #7B61DC

monochromatic

#9F7B23 #D1A12F #DCB861 #E7CF93 #F2E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DCB861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DCB861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB861

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB861	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd90',
    500: '#dcb861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb861;
$custom-light: #eacd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79664,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB861

secondary

#3E5CA3

accent

#4ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB861

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

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