#DCB978#DCB978

#DCB978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.092 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB978
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 4.13, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 37.81, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0125 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.092 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2560, 51.2721, 25.0150)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB978 #789BDC

analogous

#DC8778 #DCB978 #CDDC78

triadic

#DCB978 #78DCB9 #B978DC

tetradic

#DCB978 #78DC87 #789BDC #DC78CD

square

#DCB978 #78DC87 #789BDC #DC78CD

split-complementary

#DCB978 #78CDDC #8778DC

monochromatic

#AD802D #CFA047 #DCB978 #E9D2A9 #F5EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DCB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#DCB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB978

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB978	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.092 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cda0',
    500: '#dcb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb978;
$custom-light: #e9cda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80195,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB978

secondary

#496DAF

accent

#5AC61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF5

border

#D6D3CF

text

#16130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB978

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

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