HEX atlas value

#DCBB89

#DCBB89 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Burly Wood. RGB 220, 187, 137, HSL 36° 54% 70%, luminance 0.5256; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm balanced

#DCBB89 Sample readable text

HEX #DCBB89

RGB rgb(220, 187, 137)

HSL hsl(36 54% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 15, 38, 14)

Luminance 0.5256

Contrast Black 11.51:1White 1.82:1

CSS

--color-dcbb89: #DCBB89;
.background-dcbb89 { background-color: #DCBB89; }
.text-dcbb89 { color: #DCBB89; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DCBB89

#DCBB89 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #DCBB89 is visually closest to Burly Wood, a named orange color with HEX #DEB887.

The RGB channels are 220, 187, and 137, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 36deg with 54% saturation and 70% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.5256, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 4.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.51:1AA Pass

White text1.82:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DCBB89 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.51:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.82:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F1E4D0#F1E4D0 · #000000 text · best 16.75:1 #D4DC89#D4DC89 · #000000 text · best 14.4:1 #EDBE78#EDBE78 · #000000 text · best 12.24:1 Pale Gold#E6BE8A · #000000 text · best 12.1:1 Travertine#D6C1A3 · #000000 text · best 12.02:1

Generated Palette

#DCBB89#DCBB89

#89AADC#89AADC

#DC9189#DC9189

#D4DC89#D4DC89

#F1E4D0#F1E4D0

#C79243#C79243

Color Harmonies

#89AADC#89AADC

#DC9189#DC9189

#D4DC89#D4DC89

#89DCBB#89DCBB

#BB89DC#BB89DC

Variants

#F1E4D0#F1E4D0

#C79243#C79243

#EDBE78#EDBE78

#CBB79A#CBB79A

#F7F3ED#F7F3ED

#FFD28F#FFD28F

Nearest Named Colors

Burly Wood#DEB887

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Tan#D2B48C

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Travertine#D6C1A3

Luminance0.5256

Black text11.51:1AA Pass

White text1.82:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DCBB89","rgb":[220,187,137],"hsl":[36,54,70],"cmyk":[0,15,38,14],"luminance":0.5256,"contrast":{"black":11.51,"white":1.82}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.51,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.82,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F1E4D0","hex":"#F1E4D0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.75,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D4DC89","hex":"#D4DC89","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.4,"contrastWhite":1.46,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#EDBE78","hex":"#EDBE78","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.24,"contrastWhite":1.72,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.1,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.02,"contrastWhite":1.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Burly Wood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dcbb89.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#89AADC","analogous":["#DC9189","#D4DC89"],"triadic":["#89DCBB","#BB89DC"],"tetradic":["#89DC91","#89AADC","#DC89D4"],"splitComplementary":["#89D4DC","#9189DC"],"monochromatic":["#F1E4D0","#DCBB89","#C79243"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F1E4D0","dark":"#C79243","saturated":"#EDBE78","desaturated":"#CBB79A","pastel":"#F7F3ED","neon":"#FFD28F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":10.488088481701515},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":12.569805089976535},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":24.819347291981714},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":27.349588662354687}]

#DCBB89

CSS

About #DCBB89

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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