#DC9656#DC9656

#DC9656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9656
RGB	rgb(220, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 19.94, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 48.19, 65.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0552 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.117 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1040, 37.7037, 13.8624)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9656 #569CDC

analogous

#DC5659 #DC9656 #DCD956

triadic

#DC9656 #56DC96 #9656DC

tetradic

#DC9656 #59DC56 #569CDC #D956DC

square

#DC9656 #59DC56 #569CDC #D956DC

split-complementary

#DC9656 #56DCD9 #5659DC

monochromatic

#985920 #CB772A #DC9656 #E6B689 #F1D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#DC9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#DC9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9656

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9656	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb587',
    500: '#dc9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9656;
$custom-light: #ebb587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.657,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9656

secondary

#ADC8E1

accent

#98E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9656

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

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