#DC9977#DC9977

#DC9977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.093 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9977
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(20, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 21.14, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 35.03, 52.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0629 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.093 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2383, 39.3333, 22.7113)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9977 #77BADC

analogous

#DC7788 #DC9977 #DCCC77

triadic

#DC9977 #77DC99 #9977DC

tetradic

#DC9977 #88DC77 #77BADC #CC77DC

square

#DC9977 #88DC77 #77BADC #CC77DC

split-complementary

#DC9977 #77DCCC #7788DC

monochromatic

#AC572C #CF7446 #DC9977 #E9BEA8 #F5E2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#DC9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9977

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9977	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.093 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b79e',
    500: '#dc9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9977;
$custom-light: #e9b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.198,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74061,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9977

secondary

#C7DDE8

accent

#8EC71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9977

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

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