#DCB985#DCB985

#DCB985 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.079 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB985
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 5.50, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 31.56, 79.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% 0.0176 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.079 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0992, 51.6093, 29.4558)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB985 #85A8DC

analogous

#DC8E85 #DCB985 #D4DC85

triadic

#DCB985 #85DCB9 #B985DC

tetradic

#DCB985 #85DC8E #85A8DC #DC85D4

square

#DCB985 #85DC8E #85A8DC #DC85D4

split-complementary

#DCB985 #85D4DC #8E85DC

monochromatic

#B38033 #CE9E55 #DCB985 #EAD4B5 #F7F0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCB985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#DCB985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB985

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB985	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.079 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cda9',
    500: '#dcb985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb985;
$custom-light: #e8cda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.862,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80421,
    "c": 0.07903,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB985

secondary

#5279B3

accent

#63C323

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFAF6

border

#D5D3D0

text

#161310

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB985

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

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