#DC9256#DC9256

#DC9256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9256
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 22.09, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 48.13, 62.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0616 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.118 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4766, 36.4489, 13.6532)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9256 #56A0DC

analogous

#DC565D #DC9256 #DCD556

triadic

#DC9256 #56DC92 #9256DC

tetradic

#DC9256 #5DDC56 #56A0DC #D556DC

square

#DC9256 #5DDC56 #56A0DC #D556DC

split-complementary

#DC9256 #56DCD5 #565DDC

monochromatic

#985620 #CB722A #DC9256 #E6B389 #F1D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#DC9256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#DC9256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9256

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9256	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb287',
    500: '#dc9256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9256;
$custom-light: #ebb287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9256

secondary

#ADCAE1

accent

#9DE93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5F0

border

#D6CFCB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9256

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

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