#DC8959#DC8959

#DC8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8959
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 27.12, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 47.30, 55.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0772 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.12 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2668, 33.8320, 13.8588)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8959 #59ACDC

analogous

#DC596A #DC8959 #DCCB59

triadic

#DC8959 #59DC89 #8959DC

tetradic

#DC8959 #6ADC59 #59ACDC #CB59DC

square

#DC8959 #6ADC59 #59ACDC #CB59DC

split-complementary

#DC8959 #59DCCB #596ADC

monochromatic

#9A4D20 #CD662B #DC8959 #E7AD8C #F1D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#DC8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#DC8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8959

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8959	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac89',
    500: '#dc8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8959;
$custom-light: #ebac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.985,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70691,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8959

secondary

#AFCFE1

accent

#8BCD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8959

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

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