#DCA09D#DCA09D

#DCA09D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.072 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA09D
RGB	rgb(220, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(3, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 21.86, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 24.20, 25.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0667 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.072 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1729, 42.7943, 37.6145)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA09D #9DD9DC

analogous

#DC9DBA #DCA09D #DCC09D

triadic

#DCA09D #9DDCA0 #A09DDC

tetradic

#DCA09D #BADC9D #9DD9DC #C09DDC

square

#DCA09D #BADC9D #9DD9DC #C09DDC

split-complementary

#DCA09D #9DDCC0 #9DBADC

monochromatic

#BC4943 #CC7470 #DCA09D #ECCCCA #F7E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DCA09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#DCA09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA09D

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA09D	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.072 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bcb9',
    500: '#dca09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca09d;
$custom-light: #e8bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA09D

secondary

#DDEDEE

accent

#B4BB2B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA09D

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

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