#DC9556#DC9556

#DC9556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9556
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 20.48, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 48.16, 64.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0568 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.117 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9451, 37.3860, 13.8094)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9556 #569DDC

analogous

#DC565A #DC9556 #DCD856

triadic

#DC9556 #56DC95 #9556DC

tetradic

#DC9556 #5ADC56 #569DDC #D856DC

square

#DC9556 #5ADC56 #569DDC #D856DC

split-complementary

#DC9556 #56DCD8 #565ADC

monochromatic

#985820 #CB762A #DC9556 #E6B589 #F1D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#DC9556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#DC9556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9556

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9556	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb487',
    500: '#dc9556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9556;
$custom-light: #ebb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.209,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72797,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9556

secondary

#ADC8E1

accent

#99E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9556

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

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