#DCA196#DCA196

#DCA196 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.073 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA196
RGB	rgb(220, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(9, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 20.40, 14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 24.94, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0624 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.073 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7664, 42.9101, 34.6148)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA196 #96D1DC

analogous

#DC96AE #DCA196 #DCC496

triadic

#DCA196 #96DCA1 #A196DC

tetradic

#DCA196 #AEDC96 #96D1DC #C496DC

square

#DCA196 #AEDC96 #96D1DC #C496DC

split-complementary

#DCA196 #96DCC4 #96AEDC

monochromatic

#BA513E #CD7868 #DCA196 #EBCAC4 #F7EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DCA196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#DCA196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA196

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA196	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.073 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bdb4',
    500: '#dca196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca196;
$custom-light: #e8bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA196

secondary

#DDECEE

accent

#A6BD28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA196

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

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