#DCBCA9#DCBCA9

#DCBCA9 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.045 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBCA9
RGB	rgb(220, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(22, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(22, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, 8.51, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 16.26, 58.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% 0.0275 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.045 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6602, 54.0485, 45.0815)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBCA9 #A9C9DC

analogous

#DCA9B0 #DCBCA9 #DCD6A9

triadic

#DCBCA9 #A9DCBC #BCA9DC

tetradic

#DCBCA9 #B0DCA9 #A9C9DC #D6A9DC

square

#DCBCA9 #B0DCA9 #A9C9DC #D6A9DC

split-complementary

#DCBCA9 #A9DCD6 #A9B0DC

monochromatic

#B97852 #CA9A7E #DCBCA9 #EEDED4 #F6EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DCBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBCA9

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBCA9	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.045 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d0c2',
    500: '#dcbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbca9;
$custom-light: #e7d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.353,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.04516,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBCA9

secondary

#759DB4

accent

#84B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBCA9

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

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