#DC997A#DC997A

#DC997A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.092 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC997A
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(19, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 44.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 21.45, 26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 33.99, 50.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0641 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.092 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4213, 39.4065, 23.6751)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC997A #7ABDDC

analogous

#DC7A8C #DC997A #DCCA7A

triadic

#DC997A #7ADC99 #997ADC

tetradic

#DC997A #8CDC7A #7ABDDC #CA7ADC

square

#DC997A #8CDC7A #7ABDDC #CA7ADC

split-complementary

#DC997A #7ADCCA #7A8CDC

monochromatic

#AE562E #CF744A #DC997A #E9BEAA #F6E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DC997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC997A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC997A	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.092 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a0',
    500: '#dc997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc997a;
$custom-light: #e9b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.98,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74119,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC997A

secondary

#C9DFE8

accent

#91C620

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC997A

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

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