#DCBD80

Closest named color: Burlywood (#DEB887). oklch(81.1% 0.086 83.7), rgb(220, 189, 128).

Black text reads best on this color (11.63:1).

About this color

#DCBD80 is a light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.086 and its hue 84°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Burlywood (#DEB887), ΔE 0.018 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.63:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.086)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Burlywood (#DEB887)
Black text	11.63:1
White text	1.80:1

Values

HEX	#DCBD80
RGB	rgb(220, 189, 128)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 68%)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.086 83.7)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #DCBD80	1.80:1	Fails	Lc -37.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #DCBD80	11.63:1	AAA	Lc 70.4	Content text, not long reading
#DCBD80 text on white	1.80:1	Fails	Lc 33.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#DCBD80 text on black	11.63:1	AAA	Lc -69.1	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F9F5ED

oklch(97.1% 0.011 84.6)
Step 100
100

#F2E9D8

oklch(93.7% 0.025 83.4)
Step 200
200

#E8D7B6

oklch(88.5% 0.048 83.9)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#DCBD80

oklch(81.1% 0.086 83.7)
Step 400
400

#C9981D

oklch(70.7% 0.138 84)
Step 500
500

#AE8100

oklch(63% 0.129 83.9)
Step 600
600

#936C00

oklch(55.6% 0.114 83.5)
Step 700
700

#7C5B00

oklch(49.2% 0.101 83.9)
Step 800
800

#664A00

oklch(42.8% 0.088 83.6)
Step 900
900

#553D00

oklch(37.7% 0.077 83.5)
Step 950
950

#332300

oklch(26.8% 0.055 83)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#DCBD80 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#CBBC7C	0.026
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#D3C482	0.021
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#EAB3AE	0.077
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C1C1C1	0.086