#DCA59D#DCA59D

#DCA59D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.067 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA59D
RGB	rgb(220, 165, 157)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(8, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 28.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 19.16, 12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 22.65, 32.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0587 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.067 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0572, 44.5628, 37.9093)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA59D #9DD4DC

analogous

#DC9DB5 #DCA59D #DCC59D

triadic

#DCA59D #9DDCA5 #A59DDC

tetradic

#DCA59D #B5DC9D #9DD4DC #C59DDC

square

#DCA59D #B5DC9D #9DD4DC #C59DDC

split-complementary

#DCA59D #9DDCC5 #9DB5DC

monochromatic

#BC5243 #CC7C70 #DCA59D #ECCECA #F7EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DCA59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#DCA59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA59D

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA59D	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 165, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.067 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0b9',
    500: '#dca59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca59d;
$custom-light: #e8c0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77108,
    "c": 0.06658,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA59D

secondary

#DDECEE

accent

#A8BB2B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA59D

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

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