#DCAE97#DCAE97

#DCAE97 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.063 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCAE97
RGB	rgb(220, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(20, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 31.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, 13.53, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 22.68, 53.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0421 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.063 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2383, 47.7245, 35.8377)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCAE97 #97C5DC

analogous

#DC97A2 #DCAE97 #DCD097

triadic

#DCAE97 #97DCAE #AE97DC

tetradic

#DCAE97 #A2DC97 #97C5DC #D097DC

square

#DCAE97 #A2DC97 #97C5DC #D097DC

split-complementary

#DCAE97 #97DCD0 #97A2DC

monochromatic

#BA683F #CD8A69 #DCAE97 #EBD2C5 #F7EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DCAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DCAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCAE97

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCAE97	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.063 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c6b5',
    500: '#dcae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcae97;
$custom-light: #e8c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78657,
    "c": 0.06277,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCAE97

secondary

#DDE8EE

accent

#8BBD29

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCAE97

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

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