#DCA697#DCA697

#DCA697 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.068 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA697
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(13, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 17.83, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 23.63, 41.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0548 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.068 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7385, 44.7251, 35.3378)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA697 #97CDDC

analogous

#DC97AB #DCA697 #DCC897

triadic

#DCA697 #97DCA6 #A697DC

tetradic

#DCA697 #ABDC97 #97CDDC #C897DC

square

#DCA697 #ABDC97 #97CDDC #C897DC

split-complementary

#DCA697 #97DCC8 #97ABDC

monochromatic

#BA593F #CD7F69 #DCA697 #EBCDC5 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#DCA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA697

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA697	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)

#B2AC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.068 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0b5',
    500: '#dca697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca697;
$custom-light: #e8c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77148,
    "c": 0.06776,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA697

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#9DBD29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA697

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

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