#DC9853#DC9853

#DC9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9853
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 18.66, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 49.54, 67.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0509 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.118 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3075, 38.3002, 13.3464)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9853 #5397DC

analogous

#DC5453 #DC9853 #DCDC53

triadic

#DC9853 #53DC98 #9853DC

tetradic

#DC9853 #53DC54 #5397DC #DC53DC

square

#DC9853 #53DC54 #5397DC #DC53DC

split-complementary

#DC9853 #53DCDC #5453DC

monochromatic

#965B1F #C97929 #DC9853 #E6B686 #F1D5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DC9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#DC9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9853

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9853	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb685',
    500: '#dc9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9853;
$custom-light: #ebb685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.219,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73311,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9853

secondary

#ABC5E0

accent

#93E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9853

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

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