#D9855C#D9855C

#D9855C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9855C
RGB	rgb(217, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(20, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(20, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 57.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 28.27, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 45.42, 51.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0814 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.118 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9373, 32.3031, 14.3076)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9855C #5CB0D9

analogous

#D95C71 #D9855C #D9C35C

triadic

#D9855C #5CD985 #855CD9

tetradic

#D9855C #71D95C #5CB0D9 #C35CD9

square

#D9855C #71D95C #5CB0D9 #C35CD9

split-complementary

#D9855C #5CD9C3 #5C71D9

monochromatic

#974923 #C9612F #D9855C #E5AA8E #F0CFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#D9855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#D9855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9855C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9855C	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9a98b',
    500: '#d9855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9855c;
$custom-light: #e9a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.68,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69671,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9855C

secondary

#B1D1E0

accent

#91CA1C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9855C

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

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