#DC9178#DC9178

#DC9178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.098 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9178
RGB	rgb(220, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 25.55, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 35.69, 44.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0762 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.098 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0329, 36.8259, 22.6073)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9178 #78C3DC

analogous

#DC7891 #DC9178 #DCC378

triadic

#DC9178 #78DC91 #9178DC

tetradic

#DC9178 #91DC78 #78C3DC #C378DC

square

#DC9178 #91DC78 #78C3DC #C378DC

split-complementary

#DC9178 #78DCC3 #7891DC

monochromatic

#AD4D2D #CF6947 #DC9178 #E9B9A9 #F5E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#DC9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#DC9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9178

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9178	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.098 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab19f',
    500: '#dc9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9178;
$custom-light: #eab19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9178

secondary

#C8E0E8

accent

#9DC61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF5F2

border

#D5CFCC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9178

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

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