#DC996B#DC996B

#DC996B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC996B
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 51.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 20.00, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 39.57, 59.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0581 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.101 55)
XYZ	xyz(43.5626, 39.0630, 19.1526)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC996B #6BAEDC

analogous

#DC6B76 #DC996B #DCD26B

triadic

#DC996B #6BDC99 #996BDC

tetradic

#DC996B #76DC6B #6BAEDC #D26BDC

square

#DC996B #76DC6B #6BAEDC #D26BDC

split-complementary

#DC996B #6BDCD2 #6B76DC

monochromatic

#A55B27 #D0773A #DC996B #E8BB9C #F3DDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DC996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC996B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC996B	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab796',
    500: '#dc996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc996b;
$custom-light: #eab796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.425,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73846,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.3906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC996B

secondary

#BED5E5

accent

#83C91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC996B

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

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