#DC996F#DC996F

#DC996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC996F
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 49.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 20.37, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 38.00, 57.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0597 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.099 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7780, 39.1491, 20.2867)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC996F #6FB2DC

analogous

#DC6F7C #DC996F #DCCF6F

triadic

#DC996F #6FDC99 #996FDC

tetradic

#DC996F #7CDC6F #6FB2DC #CF6FDC

square

#DC996F #7CDC6F #6FB2DC #CF6FDC

split-complementary

#DC996F #6FDCCF #6F7CDC

monochromatic

#A85A29 #D0763E #DC996F #E8BCA0 #F4DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#DC996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC996F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC996F	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab799',
    500: '#dc996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc996f;
$custom-light: #eab799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.119,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73914,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC996F

secondary

#C1D8E6

accent

#86C91D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC996F

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

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