#DC9259#DC9259

#DC9259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9259
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 22.30, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 46.90, 61.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0627 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.116 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6000, 36.4983, 14.3032)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9259 #59A3DC

analogous

#DC5961 #DC9259 #DCD359

triadic

#DC9259 #59DC92 #9259DC

tetradic

#DC9259 #61DC59 #59A3DC #D359DC

square

#DC9259 #61DC59 #59A3DC #D359DC

split-complementary

#DC9259 #59DCD3 #5961DC

monochromatic

#9A5520 #CD712B #DC9259 #E7B38C #F1D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#DC9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#DC9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9259

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9259	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb289',
    500: '#dc9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9259;
$custom-light: #ebb289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.107,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72292,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9259

secondary

#AFCCE1

accent

#7ECD18

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9259

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

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