#DCA496#DCA496

#DCA496 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.070 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA496
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(12, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 18.78, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 24.26, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0576 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.07 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2969, 43.9713, 34.7916)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA496 #96CEDC

analogous

#DC96AB #DCA496 #DCC796

triadic

#DCA496 #96DCA4 #A496DC

tetradic

#DCA496 #ABDC96 #96CEDC #C796DC

square

#DCA496 #ABDC96 #96CEDC #C796DC

split-complementary

#DCA496 #96DCC7 #96ABDC

monochromatic

#BA573E #CD7C68 #DCA496 #EBCCC4 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#DCA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA496

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA496	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#B1AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.070 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bfb4',
    500: '#dca496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca496;
$custom-light: #e8bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76752,
    "c": 0.06982,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA496

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#A0BD28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA496

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

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