#DC9577#DC9577

#DC9577 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.096 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9577
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 119)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 45.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 23.29, 26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 35.42, 48.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0693 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.096 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5946, 38.0458, 22.4967)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9577 #77BEDC

analogous

#DC778C #DC9577 #DCC877

triadic

#DC9577 #77DC95 #9577DC

tetradic

#DC9577 #8CDC77 #77BEDC #C877DC

square

#DC9577 #8CDC77 #77BEDC #C877DC

split-complementary

#DC9577 #77DCC8 #778CDC

monochromatic

#AC522C #CF6F46 #DC9577 #E9BBA8 #F5E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DC9577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#DC9577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9577

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9577	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.096 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b49e',
    500: '#dc9577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9577;
$custom-light: #e9b49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.822,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9577

secondary

#C7DEE8

accent

#95C71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9577

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

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