#DCA696#DCA696

#DCA696 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.068 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA696
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(14, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(14, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 17.70, 16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 23.88, 42.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0544 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.068 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6577, 44.6927, 34.9119)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA696 #96CCDC

analogous

#DC96A9 #DCA696 #DCC996

triadic

#DCA696 #96DCA6 #A696DC

tetradic

#DCA696 #A9DC96 #96CCDC #C996DC

square

#DCA696 #A9DC96 #96CCDC #C996DC

split-complementary

#DCA696 #96DCC9 #96A9DC

monochromatic

#BA5A3E #CD7F68 #DCA696 #EBCDC4 #F7ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCA696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#DCA696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA696

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA696	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.068 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0b4',
    500: '#dca696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca696;
$custom-light: #e8c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77125,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA696

secondary

#DDEAEE

accent

#9BBD28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA696

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

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