#DCA299#DCA299

#DCA299 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.071 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA299
RGB	rgb(220, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 20.25, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 24.13, 32.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0619 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.071 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1865, 43.3589, 35.9618)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA299 #99D3DC

analogous

#DC99B1 #DCA299 #DCC399

triadic

#DCA299 #99DCA2 #A299DC

tetradic

#DCA299 #B1DC99 #99D3DC #C399DC

square

#DCA299 #B1DC99 #99D3DC #C399DC

split-complementary

#DCA299 #99DCC3 #99B1DC

monochromatic

#BB5040 #CC786B #DCA299 #ECCCC7 #F7EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DCA299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#DCA299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA299

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA299	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.071 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bdb7',
    500: '#dca299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca299;
$custom-light: #e8bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76455,
    "c": 0.07066,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA299

secondary

#DDECEE

accent

#A8BC29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF6F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA299

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

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