#DCA499#DCA499

#DCA499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.069 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA499
RGB	rgb(220, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(10, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(10, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 19.17, 13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 23.62, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% 0.0587 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.069 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5416, 44.0691, 36.0802)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA499 #99D1DC

analogous

#DC99AF #DCA499 #DCC599

triadic

#DCA499 #99DCA4 #A499DC

tetradic

#DCA499 #AFDC99 #99D1DC #C599DC

square

#DCA499 #AFDC99 #99D1DC #C599DC

split-complementary

#DCA499 #99DCC5 #99AFDC

monochromatic

#BB5440 #CC7B6B #DCA499 #ECCDC7 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DCA499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#DCA499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA499

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA499	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.069 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bfb7',
    500: '#dca499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca499;
$custom-light: #e8bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76825,
    "c": 0.06873,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA499

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#A4BC29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA499

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

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