#DC9257#DC9257

#DC9257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9257
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 22.16, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 47.72, 62.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.062 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.117 58)
XYZ	xyz(41.5171, 36.4651, 13.8669)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9257 #57A1DC

analogous

#DC575E #DC9257 #DCD557

triadic

#DC9257 #57DC92 #9257DC

tetradic

#DC9257 #5EDC57 #57A1DC #D557DC

square

#DC9257 #5EDC57 #57A1DC #D557DC

split-complementary

#DC9257 #57DCD5 #575EDC

monochromatic

#995520 #CB722A #DC9257 #E7B38A #F1D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#DC9257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#DC9257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9257

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9257	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)

#A89952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb288',
    500: '#dc9257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9257;
$custom-light: #ebb288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.617,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.36462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9257

secondary

#AECAE1

accent

#7DCD18

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9257

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

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