#DC9253#DC9253

#DC9253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9253
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 83)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 21.88, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 49.36, 63.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0606 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.12 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3582, 36.4016, 13.0300)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9253 #539DDC

analogous

#DC5359 #DC9253 #DCD753

triadic

#DC9253 #53DC92 #9253DC

tetradic

#DC9253 #59DC53 #539DDC #D753DC

square

#DC9253 #59DC53 #539DDC #D753DC

split-complementary

#DC9253 #53DCD7 #5359DC

monochromatic

#96561F #C97229 #DC9253 #E6B286 #F1D2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#DC9253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#DC9253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9253

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9253	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)

#A8994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb285',
    500: '#dc9253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9253;
$custom-light: #ebb285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.591,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72211,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9253

secondary

#ABC8E0

accent

#9BE93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5EF

border

#D6CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9253

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

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