#DCAA9E#DCAA9E

#DCAA9E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.062 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAA9E
RGB	rgb(220, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(12, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 16.61, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 21.24, 38.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0512 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.062 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0624, 46.4362, 38.6672)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAA9E #9ED0DC

analogous

#DC9EB1 #DCAA9E #DCC99E

triadic

#DCAA9E #9EDCAA #AA9EDC

tetradic

#DCAA9E #B1DC9E #9ED0DC #C99EDC

square

#DCAA9E #B1DC9E #9ED0DC #C99EDC

split-complementary

#DCAA9E #9EDCC9 #9EB1DC

monochromatic

#BC5B44 #CC8371 #DCAA9E #ECD1CB #F7EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DCAA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#DCAA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAA9E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAA9E	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcaa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.062 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c3ba',
    500: '#dcaa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcaa9e;
$custom-light: #e8c3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcaa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 46.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78066,
    "c": 0.06162,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAA9E

secondary

#DDEBEE

accent

#9FBA2B

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAA9E

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

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