#DCA699#DCA699

#DCA699 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.067 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA699
RGB	rgb(220, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(12, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 18.09, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 23.17, 38.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0556 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.067 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9023, 44.7906, 36.2004)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA699 #99CFDC

analogous

#DC99AD #DCA699 #DCC799

triadic

#DCA699 #99DCA6 #A699DC

tetradic

#DCA699 #ADDC99 #99CFDC #C799DC

square

#DCA699 #ADDC99 #99CFDC #C799DC

split-complementary

#DCA699 #99DCC7 #99ADDC

monochromatic

#BB5840 #CC7E6B #DCA699 #ECCEC7 #F7EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DCA699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#DCA699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA699

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA699	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.067 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c0b7',
    500: '#dca699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca699;
$custom-light: #e8c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77196,
    "c": 0.06695,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA699

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#A0BC29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA699

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

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