#DCA48C#DCA48C

#DCA48C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.075 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA48C
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 140)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(18, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 36.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 17.54, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 27.01, 49.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0536 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.075 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5258, 43.6628, 30.7304)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA48C #8CC4DC

analogous

#DC8C9C #DCA48C #DCCC8C

triadic

#DCA48C #8CDCA4 #A48CDC

tetradic

#DCA48C #9CDC8C #8CC4DC #CC8CDC

square

#DCA48C #9CDC8C #8CC4DC #CC8CDC

split-complementary

#DCA48C #8CDCCC #8C9CDC

monochromatic

#B65D37 #CE7F5D #DCA48C #EAC9BB #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DCA48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#DCA48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA48C

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA48C	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.075 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bfad',
    500: '#dca48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca48c;
$custom-light: #e8bfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.07473,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA48C

secondary

#D7E6ED

accent

#92C125

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA48C

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

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