#DC996D#DC996D

#DC996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.100 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC996D
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(24, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 20.18, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 38.78, 58.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0589 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.1 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6691, 39.1055, 19.7132)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC996D #6DB0DC

analogous

#DC6D79 #DC996D #DCD16D

triadic

#DC996D #6DDC99 #996DDC

tetradic

#DC996D #79DC6D #6DB0DC #D16DDC

square

#DC996D #79DC6D #6DB0DC #D16DDC

split-complementary

#DC996D #6DDCD1 #6D79DC

monochromatic

#A75A28 #D0773C #DC996D #E8BB9E #F4DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DC996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC996D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC996D	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)

#AC9F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.100 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab797',
    500: '#dc996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc996d;
$custom-light: #eab797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.784,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC996D

secondary

#BFD6E6

accent

#85C91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC996D

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

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