#DC856D#DC856D

#DC856D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC856D
RGB	rgb(220, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(13, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 30.90, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 41.13, 41.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0913 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.113 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6656, 33.0985, 18.7120)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC856D #6DC4DC

analogous

#DC6D8D #DC856D #DCBD6D

triadic

#DC856D #6DDC85 #856DDC

tetradic

#DC856D #8DDC6D #6DC4DC #BD6DDC

square

#DC856D #8DDC6D #6DC4DC #BD6DDC

split-complementary

#DC856D #6DDCBD #6D8DDC

monochromatic

#A74328 #D05C3C #DC856D #E8AE9E #F4D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#DC856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#DC856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC856D

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC856D	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A916B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa997',
    500: '#dc856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc856d;
$custom-light: #eaa997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.973,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70338,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC856D

secondary

#BFDDE6

accent

#A4C91C

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC856D

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

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