#DC9971#DC9971

#DC9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9971
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 48.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 20.55, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 37.23, 56.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0605 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.097 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8893, 39.1936, 20.8731)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9971 #71B4DC

analogous

#DC717E #DC9971 #DCCF71

triadic

#DC9971 #71DC99 #9971DC

tetradic

#DC9971 #7EDC71 #71B4DC #CF71DC

square

#DC9971 #7EDC71 #71B4DC #CF71DC

split-complementary

#DC9971 #71DCCF #717EDC

monochromatic

#A9592A #D07640 #DC9971 #E8BCA2 #F4E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#DC9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9971

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9971	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab79a',
    500: '#dc9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9971;
$custom-light: #eab79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.43,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9971

secondary

#C2D9E6

accent

#88C81D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9971

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

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