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#dcbc9e color: Holmes Cream

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29°
100%

OKLCH

81.5%
0.055
65°
  • ≈ Tan
  • Amber
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Warm
  • taupe-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.79:1 · Below AALc -37
Black text11.73:1 · AALc 71

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About #dcbc9e

#dcbc9e is a pastel light amber color. In OKLCH it has 81.5% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 65°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.79:1 contrast and black text 11.73:1, 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: #dcbc9e mixed with white

  1. dcbc9e
  2. e0c3a8
  3. e3c9b1
  4. e7d0bb
  5. ead7c4
  6. eeddce
  7. f1e4d8
  8. f5ebe2
  9. f8f1eb
  10. fcf8f5

Darker: #dcbc9e mixed with black

  1. dcbc9e
  2. bfa389
  3. a38b74
  4. 887360
  5. 6e5d4d
  6. 54473a
  7. 3c3229
  8. 261f18
  9. 110d09
  10. 020201

Calmer: #dcbc9e with less saturation

  1. dcbc9e
  2. dabda2
  3. d7bda6
  4. d5bea9
  5. d2bfad
  6. cfbfb1
  7. cdc0b4
  8. cac1b8
  9. c8c1bb
  10. c5c2bf