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#dcba9d color: Holmes Cream

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28°
100%

OKLCH

81.1%
0.056
62°
  • ≈ Tan
  • Amber
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Warm
  • taupe-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.82:1 · Below AALc -38
Black text11.55:1 · AALc 70

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About #dcba9d

#dcba9d is a pastel light amber color. In OKLCH it has 81.1% lightness, 0.056 chroma and a hue of 62°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.82:1 contrast and black text 11.55:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Holmes Cream (#dbbb9e). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is taupe-300.

More light amber colors

Lighter: #dcba9d mixed with white

  1. dcba9d
  2. e0c1a7
  3. e3c8b0
  4. e7cfba
  5. ead5c4
  6. eedcce
  7. f1e3d7
  8. f5eae1
  9. f8f1eb
  10. fcf8f5

Darker: #dcba9d mixed with black

  1. dcba9d
  2. bfa188
  3. a38973
  4. 88725f
  5. 6e5c4c
  6. 54463a
  7. 3c3228
  8. 261e18
  9. 110d09
  10. 020201

Calmer: #dcba9d with less saturation

  1. dcba9d
  2. d9bba1
  3. d7bca4
  4. d4bca8
  5. d2bdac
  6. cfbeaf
  7. ccbeb3
  8. c9bfb7
  9. c7c0ba
  10. c4c0be