#DC997E#DC997E

#DC997E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.089 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC997E
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 42.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 21.87, 24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 32.67, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0656 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.089 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6743, 39.5076, 25.0074)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC997E #7EC1DC

analogous

#DC7E92 #DC997E #DCC87E

triadic

#DC997E #7EDC99 #997EDC

tetradic

#DC997E #92DC7E #7EC1DC #C87EDC

square

#DC997E #92DC7E #7EC1DC #C87EDC

split-complementary

#DC997E #7EDCC8 #7E92DC

monochromatic

#B05530 #CF734E #DC997E #E9BFAE #F6E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DC997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC997E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC997E	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)

#AAA07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.089 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a3',
    500: '#dc997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc997e;
$custom-light: #e9b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.234,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC997E

secondary

#CCE1E9

accent

#96C521

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC997E

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

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