#DC9980#DC9980

#DC9980 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.088 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9980
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 41.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 22.09, 23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 32.05, 46.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0664 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.088 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8046, 39.5598, 25.6938)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9980 #80C3DC

analogous

#DC8095 #DC9980 #DCC780

triadic

#DC9980 #80DC99 #9980DC

tetradic

#DC9980 #95DC80 #80C3DC #C780DC

square

#DC9980 #95DC80 #80C3DC #C780DC

split-complementary

#DC9980 #80DCC7 #8095DC

monochromatic

#B15431 #CF7250 #DC9980 #E9C0B0 #F6E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC9980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DC9980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9980

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9980	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)

#AAA07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.088 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b7a5',
    500: '#dc9980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9980;
$custom-light: #e9b7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.304,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9980

secondary

#CEE2EA

accent

#98C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9980

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

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