#DCBD8D#DCBD8D

#DCBD8D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.072 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBD8D
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(36, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 4.31, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 28.70, 81.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% 0.0146 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.072 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5217, 53.5360, 32.7611)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBD8D #8DACDC

analogous

#DC958D #DCBD8D #D3DC8D

triadic

#DCBD8D #8DDCBD #BD8DDC

tetradic

#DCBD8D #8DDC95 #8DACDC #DC8DD3

square

#DCBD8D #8DDC95 #8DACDC #DC8DD3

split-complementary

#DCBD8D #8DD3DC #958DDC

monochromatic

#B78538 #CEA25E #DCBD8D #EAD8BC #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DCBD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DCBD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBD8D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBD8D	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.072 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d0ae',
    500: '#dcbd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbd8d;
$custom-light: #e8d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.456,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.07243,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBD8D

secondary

#5A7DB3

accent

#62C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBD8D

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

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