#DCA596#DCA596

#DCA596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.069 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA596
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(13, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 18.24, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 24.06, 40.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.056 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.069 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4766, 44.3306, 34.8515)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA596 #96CDDC

analogous

#DC96AA #DCA596 #DCC896

triadic

#DCA596 #96DCA5 #A596DC

tetradic

#DCA596 #AADC96 #96CDDC #C896DC

square

#DCA596 #AADC96 #96CDDC #C896DC

split-complementary

#DCA596 #96DCC8 #96AADC

monochromatic

#BA583E #CD7E68 #DCA596 #EBCCC4 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#DCA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA596

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA596	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.069 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0b4',
    500: '#dca596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca596;
$custom-light: #e8c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76938,
    "c": 0.069,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA596

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#9DBD28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA596

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

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