#DC9657#DC9657

#DC9657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9657
RGB	rgb(220, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 20.01, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 47.77, 65.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0555 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.116 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1446, 37.7200, 14.0760)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9657 #579DDC

analogous

#DC575B #DC9657 #DCD857

triadic

#DC9657 #57DC96 #9657DC

tetradic

#DC9657 #5BDC57 #579DDC #D857DC

square

#DC9657 #5BDC57 #579DDC #D857DC

split-complementary

#DC9657 #57DCD8 #575BDC

monochromatic

#995920 #CB772A #DC9657 #E7B68A #F1D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#DC9657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#DC9657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9657

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9657	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)

#AC9C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb588',
    500: '#dc9657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9657;
$custom-light: #ebb588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9657

secondary

#AEC9E1

accent

#78CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9657

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

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