#DCBE79#DCBE79

#DCBE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.094 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE79
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 1.60, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 38.73, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% 0.0052 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.094 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3815, 53.4253, 25.6911)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE79 #7997DC

analogous

#DC8D79 #DCBE79 #C9DC79

triadic

#DCBE79 #79DCBE #BE79DC

tetradic

#DCBE79 #79DC8D #7997DC #DC79C9

square

#DCBE79 #79DC8D #7997DC #DC79C9

split-complementary

#DCBE79 #79C9DC #8D79DC

monochromatic

#AD872D #CFA648 #DCBE79 #E9D6AA #F5EDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DCBE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#DCBE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE79

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE79	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.094 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d1a0',
    500: '#dcbe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe79;
$custom-light: #e9d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81209,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE79

secondary

#4A68B0

accent

#52C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE79

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

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