#DC9557#DC9557

#DC9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9557
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 20.55, 43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 47.75, 64.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0571 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.116 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9857, 37.4022, 14.0231)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9557 #579EDC

analogous

#DC575B #DC9557 #DCD757

triadic

#DC9557 #57DC95 #9557DC

tetradic

#DC9557 #5BDC57 #579EDC #D757DC

square

#DC9557 #5BDC57 #579EDC #D757DC

split-complementary

#DC9557 #57DCD7 #575BDC

monochromatic

#995820 #CB752A #DC9557 #E7B58A #F1D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#DC9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#DC9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9557

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9557	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)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb488',
    500: '#dc9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9557;
$custom-light: #ebb488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.97,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9557

secondary

#AEC9E1

accent

#79CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9557

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

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