#DCA597#DCA597

#DCA597 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.069 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA597
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 151)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(12, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 18.37, 15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 23.82, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0564 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.069 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5575, 44.3629, 35.2774)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA597 #97CEDC

analogous

#DC97AB #DCA597 #DCC797

triadic

#DCA597 #97DCA5 #A597DC

tetradic

#DCA597 #ABDC97 #97CEDC #C797DC

square

#DCA597 #ABDC97 #97CEDC #C797DC

split-complementary

#DCA597 #97DCC7 #97ABDC

monochromatic

#BA583F #CD7D69 #DCA597 #EBCDC5 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DCA597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#DCA597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA597

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA597	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)

#B1AB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.069 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0b5',
    500: '#dca597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca597;
$custom-light: #e8c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.174,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76962,
    "c": 0.06858,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA597

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#9FBD29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA597

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

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