#DC9456#DC9456

#DC9456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9456
RGB	rgb(220, 148, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 21.01, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 48.14, 64.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0584 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.117 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7876, 37.0709, 13.7569)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9456 #569EDC

analogous

#DC565B #DC9456 #DCD756

triadic

#DC9456 #56DC94 #9456DC

tetradic

#DC9456 #5BDC56 #569EDC #D756DC

square

#DC9456 #5BDC56 #569EDC #D756DC

split-complementary

#DC9456 #56DCD7 #565BDC

monochromatic

#985720 #CB742A #DC9456 #E6B489 #F1D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#DC9456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#DC9456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9456

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9456	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 148, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb387',
    500: '#dc9456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9456;
$custom-light: #ebb387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9456

secondary

#ADC9E1

accent

#9AE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9456

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

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