#DCB8A8#DCB8A8

#DCB8A8 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.047 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB8A8
RGB	rgb(220, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(18, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(18, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, 10.50, 12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 16.68, 50.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% 0.0332 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.047 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7240, 52.3257, 44.3081)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB8A8 #A8CCDC

analogous

#DCA8B2 #DCB8A8 #DCD2A8

triadic

#DCB8A8 #A8DCB8 #B8A8DC

tetradic

#DCB8A8 #B2DCA8 #A8CCDC #D2A8DC

square

#DCB8A8 #B2DCA8 #A8CCDC #D2A8DC

split-complementary

#DCB8A8 #A8DCD2 #A8B2DC

monochromatic

#B97151 #CA947C #DCB8A8 #EEDCD4 #F6EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DCB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#DCB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB8A8

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB8A8	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.047 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cdc1',
    500: '#dcb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb8a8;
$custom-light: #e7cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.04727,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB8A8

secondary

#74A0B4

accent

#8DB630

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFAF9

border

#D5D3D2

text

#161312

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB8A8

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

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