#DCBC8E#DCBC8E

#DCBC8E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.071 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBC8E
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(35, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, 4.96, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 27.98, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0166 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.071 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3820, 53.1372, 33.0832)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBC8E #8EAEDC

analogous

#DC958E #DCBC8E #D5DC8E

triadic

#DCBC8E #8EDCBC #BC8EDC

tetradic

#DCBC8E #8EDC95 #8EAEDC #DC8ED5

square

#DCBC8E #8EDC95 #8EAEDC #DC8ED5

split-complementary

#DCBC8E #8ED5DC #958EDC

monochromatic

#B78339 #CEA05F #DCBC8E #EAD8BD #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DCBC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#DCBC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBC8E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBC8E	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.071 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d0af',
    500: '#dcbc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbc8e;
$custom-light: #e8d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81185,
    "c": 0.07093,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBC8E

secondary

#5B7FB3

accent

#65C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161310

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBC8E

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

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