#DCBC8D#DCBC8D

#DCBC8D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.072 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC8D
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(36, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 4.84, 28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 28.46, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0162 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.072 77)
XYZ	xyz(52.3073, 53.1073, 32.6896)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC8D #8DADDC

analogous

#DC948D #DCBC8D #D4DC8D

triadic

#DCBC8D #8DDCBC #BC8DDC

tetradic

#DCBC8D #8DDC94 #8DADDC #DC8DD4

square

#DCBC8D #8DDC94 #8DADDC #DC8DD4

split-complementary

#DCBC8D #8DD4DC #948DDC

monochromatic

#B78338 #CEA05E #DCBC8D #EAD8BC #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DCBC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#DCBC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC8D

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC8D	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.072 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d0ae',
    500: '#dcbc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc8d;
$custom-light: #e8d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.696,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81166,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.53105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC8D

secondary

#5A7EB3

accent

#64C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161310

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC8D

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

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