#DCBE99#DCBE99

#DCBE99 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.060 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBE99
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, 5.27, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 23.26, 76.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% 0.0179 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.06 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6792, 54.3444, 37.7928)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBE99 #99B7DC

analogous

#DC9C99 #DCBE99 #D8DC99

triadic

#DCBE99 #99DCBE #BE99DC

tetradic

#DCBE99 #99DC9C #99B7DC #DC99D8

square

#DCBE99 #99DC9C #99B7DC #DC99D8

split-complementary

#DCBE99 #99D8DC #9C99DC

monochromatic

#BB8440 #CCA16B #DCBE99 #ECDBC7 #F7F0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DCBE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DCBE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBE99

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBE99	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.060 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d1b7',
    500: '#dcbe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbe99;
$custom-light: #e7d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81806,
    "c": 0.06019,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBE99

secondary

#6589B4

accent

#6BBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBE99

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

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