#DCBE8D#DCBE8D

#DCBE8D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.073 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE8D
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(37, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 35.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, 3.78, 28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 28.96, 82.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0131 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.073 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7375, 53.9677, 32.8330)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE8D #8DABDC

analogous

#DC968D #DCBE8D #D2DC8D

triadic

#DCBE8D #8DDCBE #BE8DDC

tetradic

#DCBE8D #8DDC96 #8DABDC #DC8DD2

square

#DCBE8D #8DDC96 #8DABDC #DC8DD2

split-complementary

#DCBE8D #8DD2DC #968DDC

monochromatic

#B78738 #CEA35E #DCBE8D #EAD9BC #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DCBE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DCBE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE8D

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE8D	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.073 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d1ae',
    500: '#dcbe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe8d;
$custom-light: #e8d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.215,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81562,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE8D

secondary

#5A7CB3

accent

#60C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE8D

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

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