#DC996C#DC996C

#DC996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC996C
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 20.09, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 39.17, 59.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0585 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.101 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6155, 39.0841, 19.4313)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC996C #6CAFDC

analogous

#DC6C77 #DC996C #DCD16C

triadic

#DC996C #6CDC99 #996CDC

tetradic

#DC996C #77DC6C #6CAFDC #D16CDC

square

#DC996C #77DC6C #6CAFDC #D16CDC

split-complementary

#DC996C #6CDCD1 #6C77DC

monochromatic

#A65A28 #D0773B #DC996C #E8BB9D #F4DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DC996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC996C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC996C	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab796',
    500: '#dc996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc996c;
$custom-light: #eab796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.107,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC996C

secondary

#BED6E5

accent

#84C91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC996C

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

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