#DCB970#DCB970

#DCB970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.100 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB970
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 49.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 3.36, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 41.66, 85.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0095 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.1 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7907, 51.0859, 22.5640)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB970 #7093DC

analogous

#DC8370 #DCB970 #C9DC70

triadic

#DCB970 #70DCB9 #B970DC

tetradic

#DCB970 #70DC83 #7093DC #DC70C9

square

#DCB970 #70DC83 #7093DC #DC70C9

split-complementary

#DCB970 #70C9DC #8370DC

monochromatic

#A87F29 #D0A13F #DCB970 #E8D1A1 #F4E9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DCB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#DCB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB970

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB970	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.100 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd9a',
    500: '#dcb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb970;
$custom-light: #e9cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8007,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB970

secondary

#4566AB

accent

#55C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF5

border

#D6D3CF

text

#16130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB970

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

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