#DC956E#DC956E

#DC956E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC956E
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 110)
HSL	hsl(21, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 50%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 22.43, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 38.57, 54.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0658 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.101 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0795, 37.8397, 19.7837)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC956E #6EB5DC

analogous

#DC6E7E #DC956E #DCCC6E

triadic

#DC956E #6EDC95 #956EDC

tetradic

#DC956E #7EDC6E #6EB5DC #CC6EDC

square

#DC956E #7EDC6E #6EB5DC #CC6EDC

split-complementary

#DC956E #6EDCCC #6E7EDC

monochromatic

#A75528 #D0713D #DC956E #E8B99F #F4DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DC956E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#DC956E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC956E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC956E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC956E	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc956e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab498',
    500: '#dc956e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc956e;
$custom-light: #eab498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc956e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73167,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC956E

secondary

#C0D8E6

accent

#8CC91D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC956E

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

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