#DC997F#DC997F

#DC997F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.089 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC997F
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 42.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 21.98, 23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 32.36, 47.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.066 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.089 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7391, 39.5336, 25.3489)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC997F #7FC2DC

analogous

#DC7F93 #DC997F #DCC77F

triadic

#DC997F #7FDC99 #997FDC

tetradic

#DC997F #93DC7F #7FC2DC #C77FDC

square

#DC997F #93DC7F #7FC2DC #C77FDC

split-complementary

#DC997F #7FDCC7 #7F93DC

monochromatic

#B05430 #CF734F #DC997F #E9BFAF #F6E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DC997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC997F

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC997F	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.089 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a4',
    500: '#dc997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc997f;
$custom-light: #e9b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.774,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC997F

secondary

#CDE2EA

accent

#97C521

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC997F

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

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