#DC9477#DC9477

#DC9477 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.097 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9477
RGB	rgb(220, 148, 119)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 23.83, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 35.55, 47.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.071 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.097 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4371, 37.7307, 22.4442)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9477 #77BFDC

analogous

#DC778D #DC9477 #DCC777

triadic

#DC9477 #77DC94 #9477DC

tetradic

#DC9477 #8DDC77 #77BFDC #C777DC

square

#DC9477 #8DDC77 #77BFDC #C777DC

split-complementary

#DC9477 #77DCC7 #778DDC

monochromatic

#AC512C #CF6E46 #DC9477 #E9BAA8 #F5E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#DC9477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#DC9477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9477

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9477	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 148, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.097 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b49e',
    500: '#dc9477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9477;
$custom-light: #e9b49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.228,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73155,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9477

secondary

#C7DEE8

accent

#96C71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9477

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

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