#DCBDAD#DCBDAD

#DCBDAD is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.042 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBDAD
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(20, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(20, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 21.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, 8.56, 12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 14.88, 54.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% 0.0275 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.042 49)
XYZ	xyz(55.2558, 54.6297, 47.1610)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBDAD #ADCCDC

analogous

#DCADB5 #DCBDAD #DCD5AD

triadic

#DCBDAD #ADDCBD #BDADDC

tetradic

#DCBDAD #B5DCAD #ADCCDC #D5ADDC

square

#DCBDAD #B5DCAD #ADCCDC #D5ADDC

split-complementary

#DCBDAD #ADDCD5 #ADB5DC

monochromatic

#B77857 #CA9A82 #DCBDAD #EEE0D8 #F6EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DCBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DCBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBDAD

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBDAD	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.042 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d0c5',
    500: '#dcbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbdad;
$custom-light: #e7d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.426,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82072,
    "c": 0.04194,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.54628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBDAD

secondary

#79A0B4

accent

#87B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBDAD

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

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