#DCA495#DCA495

#DCA495 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.070 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA495
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 149)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(13, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 32.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 18.65, 15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 24.49, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0572 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.07 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2167, 43.9392, 34.3694)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA495 #95CDDC

analogous

#DC95AA #DCA495 #DCC895

triadic

#DCA495 #95DCA4 #A495DC

tetradic

#DCA495 #AADC95 #95CDDC #C895DC

square

#DCA495 #AADC95 #95CDDC #C895DC

split-complementary

#DCA495 #95DCC8 #95AADC

monochromatic

#B9573D #CD7D67 #DCA495 #EBCBC3 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DCA495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#DCA495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA495

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA495	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.070 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bfb4',
    500: '#dca495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca495;
$custom-light: #e8bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76729,
    "c": 0.07022,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA495

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#9EBE28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA495

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

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