#DC9855#DC9855

#DC9855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9855
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 18.79, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 48.69, 67.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0516 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.117 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3858, 38.3315, 13.7589)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9855 #5599DC

analogous

#DC5555 #DC9855 #DCDC55

triadic

#DC9855 #55DC98 #9855DC

tetradic

#DC9855 #55DC55 #5599DC #DC55DC

square

#DC9855 #55DC55 #5599DC #DC55DC

split-complementary

#DC9855 #55DCDC #5555DC

monochromatic

#975B1F #CA792A #DC9855 #E6B788 #F1D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DC9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#DC9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9855

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9855	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb687',
    500: '#dc9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9855;
$custom-light: #ebb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73336,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9855

secondary

#ACC7E0

accent

#95E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9855

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

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