#DC9555#DC9555

#DC9555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9555
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 20.41, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 48.58, 65.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0564 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.117 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9051, 37.3700, 13.5987)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9555 #559CDC

analogous

#DC5559 #DC9555 #DCD855

triadic

#DC9555 #55DC95 #9555DC

tetradic

#DC9555 #59DC55 #559CDC #D855DC

square

#DC9555 #59DC55 #559CDC #D855DC

split-complementary

#DC9555 #55DCD8 #5559DC

monochromatic

#97581F #CA762A #DC9555 #E6B588 #F1D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#DC9555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#DC9555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9555

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9555	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb487',
    500: '#dc9555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9555;
$custom-light: #ebb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9555

secondary

#ACC8E0

accent

#98E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9555

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

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