#DC997D#DC997D

#DC997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.090 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC997D
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 43.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 21.76, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 32.99, 48.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0652 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.09 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6101, 39.4820, 24.6693)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC997D #7DC0DC

analogous

#DC7D91 #DC997D #DCC87D

triadic

#DC997D #7DDC99 #997DDC

tetradic

#DC997D #91DC7D #7DC0DC #C87DDC

square

#DC997D #91DC7D #7DC0DC #C87DDC

split-complementary

#DC997D #7DDCC8 #7D91DC

monochromatic

#AF552F #CF734D #DC997D #E9BFAD #F6E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DC997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC997D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC997D	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA07B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.090 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a3',
    500: '#dc997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc997d;
$custom-light: #e9b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.684,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC997D

secondary

#CCE0E9

accent

#95C520

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F3

border

#D5D0CD

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC997D

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

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