#DCB8A5#DCB8A5

#DCB8A5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.049 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8A5
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(21, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, 10.07, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 17.64, 55.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0321 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.049 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4478, 52.2152, 42.8532)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8A5 #A5C9DC

analogous

#DCA5AD #DCB8A5 #DCD3A5

triadic

#DCB8A5 #A5DCB8 #B8A5DC

tetradic

#DCB8A5 #ADDCA5 #A5C9DC #D3A5DC

square

#DCB8A5 #ADDCA5 #A5C9DC #D3A5DC

split-complementary

#DCB8A5 #A5DCD3 #A5ADDC

monochromatic

#BA724D #CB9579 #DCB8A5 #EDDBD1 #F6EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DCB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DCB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8A5

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8A5	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.049 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cdbf',
    500: '#dcb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8a5;
$custom-light: #e7cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.727,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80906,
    "c": 0.04928,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8A5

secondary

#719DB4

accent

#88B72E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFAF8

border

#D5D3D1

text

#161312

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8A5

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

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