#DC9251#DC9251

#DC9251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9251
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 21.75, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 50.18, 64.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0599 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.121 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2821, 36.3711, 12.6291)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9251 #519BDC

analogous

#DC5156 #DC9251 #DCD851

triadic

#DC9251 #51DC92 #9251DC

tetradic

#DC9251 #56DC51 #519BDC #D851DC

square

#DC9251 #56DC51 #519BDC #D851DC

split-complementary

#DC9251 #51DCD8 #5156DC

monochromatic

#95551E #C87328 #DC9251 #E6B284 #F0D2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#DC9251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#DC9251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9251

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9251	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9984B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb284',
    500: '#dc9251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9251;
$custom-light: #ebb284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.058,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9251

secondary

#A9C6E0

accent

#99E93E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5EF

border

#D6CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9251

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

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