#DCBE8B#DCBE8B

#DCBE8B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.075 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE8B
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 36.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, 3.55, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 29.93, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% 0.0123 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.075 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5900, 53.9087, 32.0563)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE8B #8BA9DC

analogous

#DC958B #DCBE8B #D1DC8B

triadic

#DCBE8B #8BDCBE #BE8BDC

tetradic

#DCBE8B #8BDC95 #8BA9DC #DC8BD1

square

#DCBE8B #8BDC95 #8BA9DC #DC8BD1

split-complementary

#DCBE8B #8BD1DC #958BDC

monochromatic

#B68737 #CEA45C #DCBE8B #EAD8BA #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCBE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DCBE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE8B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE8B	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.075 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d1ad',
    500: '#dcbe8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe8b;
$custom-light: #e8d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81524,
    "c": 0.07507,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE8B

secondary

#587AB3

accent

#5EC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE8B

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

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