Dusty Rose sits in the warm orange family, with the hex code #DCAE96 mapping to rgb(220, 174, 150) in RGB and hsl(20.6, 50%, 72.5%) in HSL. In OKLCH it carries 79% perceptual lightness and 0.063 chroma — a desaturated, dark reading that behaves well as a primary, accent or decisive colour in modern interfaces. Orange combines red's urgency with yellow's optimism, landing on a hue that feels friendly without losing energy. It is the colour of recommendations, "+1" social signals and sunsets — inviting rather than aggressive.
Orange combines red's urgency with yellow's optimism, landing on a hue that feels friendly without losing energy. It is the colour of recommendations, "+1" social signals and sunsets — inviting rather than aggressive.
Pure orange rarely passes WCAG AA against white at body sizes — reserve it for headings, icons or buttons with explicit ≥4.5:1 fallback text colour.
#DCAE96rgb(220, 174, 150)hsl(20.6, 50%, 72.5%)hsv(20.6, 31.8%, 86.3%)lch(74.9% 24.19 52.14)oklch(78.63% 0.0634 48.93)lab(74.9% 14.85 19.1):root {
--color: #dcae96;
--color-rgb: rgb(220, 174, 150);
--color-hsl: hsl(20.6, 50%, 72.5%);
--color-oklch: oklch(78.63% 0.0634 48.93);
}How dusty rose performs as foreground text on common surfaces, scored with WCAG 2.1.
Tints are produced by mixing dusty rose with progressively more white.
Shades are produced by mixing dusty rose with progressively more black.
Tones are produced by mixing dusty rose with progressively more gray, lowering chroma while keeping lightness.