#DCA599#DCA599

#DCA599 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.068 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA599
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(11, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 18.63, 14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 23.39, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0572 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.068 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7212, 44.4284, 36.1401)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA599 #99D0DC

analogous

#DC99AE #DCA599 #DCC699

triadic

#DCA599 #99DCA5 #A599DC

tetradic

#DCA599 #AEDC99 #99D0DC #C699DC

square

#DCA599 #AEDC99 #99D0DC #C699DC

split-complementary

#DCA599 #99DCC6 #99AEDC

monochromatic

#BB5640 #CC7D6B #DCA599 #ECCDC7 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DCA599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#DCA599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA599

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA599	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.068 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0b7',
    500: '#dca599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca599;
$custom-light: #e8c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7701,
    "c": 0.06782,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA599

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#A2BC29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA599

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

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