#DCBEAD#DCBEAD

#DCBEAD is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.042 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCBEAD
RGB	rgb(220, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(22, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(22, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 21.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, 8.03, 12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 14.88, 57.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% 0.026 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.042 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4717, 55.0614, 47.2329)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCBEAD #ADCBDC

analogous

#DCADB4 #DCBEAD #DCD6AD

triadic

#DCBEAD #ADDCBE #BEADDC

tetradic

#DCBEAD #B4DCAD #ADCBDC #D6ADDC

square

#DCBEAD #B4DCAD #ADCBDC #D6ADDC

split-complementary

#DCBEAD #ADDCD6 #ADB4DC

monochromatic

#B77A57 #CA9C82 #DCBEAD #EEE0D8 #F6EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCBEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DCBEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCBEAD

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCBEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCBEAD	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcbead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.042 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d1c5',
    500: '#dcbead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcbead;
$custom-light: #e7d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcbead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.702,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82267,
    "c": 0.04164,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCBEAD

secondary

#799FB4

accent

#85B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCBEAD

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

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