#DCA996#DCA996

#DCA996 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.066 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA996
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(16, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 16.09, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 23.43, 46.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0496 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.066 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2094, 45.7961, 35.0958)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA996 #96C9DC

analogous

#DC96A6 #DCA996 #DCCC96

triadic

#DCA996 #96DCA9 #A996DC

tetradic

#DCA996 #A6DC96 #96C9DC #CC96DC

square

#DCA996 #A6DC96 #96C9DC #CC96DC

split-complementary

#DCA996 #96DCCC #96A6DC

monochromatic

#BA603E #CD8368 #DCA996 #EBCFC4 #F7ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCA996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#DCA996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA996

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA996	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.066 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c2b5',
    500: '#dca996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca996;
$custom-light: #e8c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.06608,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA996

secondary

#DDEAEE

accent

#95BD28

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA996

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

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