#DC996E#DC996E

#DC996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC996E
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 20.27, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 38.39, 58.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0593 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.099 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7232, 39.1272, 19.9983)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC996E #6EB1DC

analogous

#DC6E7A #DC996E #DCD06E

triadic

#DC996E #6EDC99 #996EDC

tetradic

#DC996E #7ADC6E #6EB1DC #D06EDC

square

#DC996E #7ADC6E #6EB1DC #D06EDC

split-complementary

#DC996E #6EDCD0 #6E7ADC

monochromatic

#A75A28 #D0763D #DC996E #E8BC9F #F4DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DC996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC996E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC996E	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)

#AC9F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab798',
    500: '#dc996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc996e;
$custom-light: #eab798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73897,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC996E

secondary

#C0D7E6

accent

#86C91D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC996E

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

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