Dusty rose
#DCAE96
Dusty rose (#DCAE96) is a light, moderately saturated orange colour, warm. In RGB it is 220 red, 174 green and 150 blue; in HSL its hue is 21°, its saturation 50% and its lightness 73%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 32% yellow and 14% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Orange feels friendly, playful and good value. It is warm like red but less aggressive, so brands use it to look approachable and to make buttons stand out.
Text on dusty rose
White text on dusty rose has a contrast ratio of 1.99:1 and fails; black text has 10.54:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.99:1
Black text · 10.54:1
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Use dusty rose in CSS
.button {
background-color: #DCAE96;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of orange.