#DCB899#DCB899

#DCB899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.059 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB899
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(28, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 8.45, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 22.26, 67.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% 0.0272 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.059 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4064, 51.7987, 37.3685)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB899 #99BDDC

analogous

#DC999B #DCB899 #DCD999

triadic

#DCB899 #99DCB8 #B899DC

tetradic

#DCB899 #9BDC99 #99BDDC #D999DC

square

#DCB899 #9BDC99 #99BDDC #D999DC

split-complementary

#DCB899 #99DCD9 #999BDC

monochromatic

#BB7940 #CC986B #DCB899 #ECD8C7 #F7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#DCB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB899

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB899	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.059 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cdb7',
    500: '#dcb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb899;
$custom-light: #e8cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8063,
    "c": 0.05908,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB899

secondary

#6590B4

accent

#78BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFAF8

border

#D5D3D1

text

#161311

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB899

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

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