#DC956D#DC956D

#DC956D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC956D
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 109)
HSL	hsl(22, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 22.33, 31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 38.94, 55.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0654 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.102 50)
XYZ	xyz(43.0253, 37.8181, 19.4986)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC956D #6DB4DC

analogous

#DC6D7C #DC956D #DCCD6D

triadic

#DC956D #6DDC95 #956DDC

tetradic

#DC956D #7CDC6D #6DB4DC #CD6DDC

square

#DC956D #7CDC6D #6DB4DC #CD6DDC

split-complementary

#DC956D #6DDCCD #6D7CDC

monochromatic

#A75628 #D0713C #DC956D #E8B99E #F4DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DC956D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#DC956D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC956D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC956D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC956D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc956d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab497',
    500: '#dc956d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc956d;
$custom-light: #eab497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc956d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.622,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.37815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC956D

secondary

#BFD8E6

accent

#8BC91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC956D

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

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