#DCA997#DCA997

#DCA997 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.066 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCA997
RGB	rgb(220, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(16, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 16.22, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 23.15, 45.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.05 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.066 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2902, 45.8285, 35.5217)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCA997 #97CADC

analogous

#DC97A7 #DCA997 #DCCB97

triadic

#DCA997 #97DCA9 #A997DC

tetradic

#DCA997 #A7DC97 #97CADC #CB97DC

square

#DCA997 #A7DC97 #97CADC #CB97DC

split-complementary

#DCA997 #97DCCB #97A7DC

monochromatic

#BA5F3F #CD8369 #DCA997 #EBCFC5 #F7ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DCA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DCA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCA997

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCA997	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dca997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.066 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c2b5',
    500: '#dca997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dca997;
$custom-light: #e8c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dca997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7771,
    "c": 0.06556,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCA997

secondary

#DDEAEE

accent

#96BD29

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCA997

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

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