#DC9252#DC9252

#DC9252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9252
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 82)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 21.81, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 49.77, 64.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0602 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.12 60)
XYZ	xyz(41.3199, 36.3862, 12.8281)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9252 #529CDC

analogous

#DC5257 #DC9252 #DCD752

triadic

#DC9252 #52DC92 #9252DC

tetradic

#DC9252 #57DC52 #529CDC #D752DC

square

#DC9252 #57DC52 #529CDC #D752DC

split-complementary

#DC9252 #52DCD7 #5257DC

monochromatic

#95551E #C87329 #DC9252 #E6B285 #F1D2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#DC9252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#DC9252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9252

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9252	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb284',
    500: '#dc9252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9252;
$custom-light: #ebb284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.826,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.36383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9252

secondary

#AAC7E0

accent

#9AE93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5EF

border

#D6CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9252

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

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