#DCB987#DCB987

#DCB987 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.077 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB987
RGB	rgb(220, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(35, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, 5.73, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 30.61, 79.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0184 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.077 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2387, 51.6651, 30.1904)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB987 #87AADC

analogous

#DC8F87 #DCB987 #D5DC87

triadic

#DCB987 #87DCB9 #B987DC

tetradic

#DCB987 #87DC8F #87AADC #DC87D5

square

#DCB987 #87DC8F #87AADC #DC87D5

split-complementary

#DCB987 #87D5DC #8F87DC

monochromatic

#B48035 #CE9D58 #DCB987 #EAD5B6 #F8F0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DCB987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#DCB987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB987

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB987	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.077 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ceaa',
    500: '#dcb987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb987;
$custom-light: #e8ceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80459,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB987

secondary

#547BB3

accent

#65C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFAF7

border

#D5D3D0

text

#161310

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB987

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

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