#DC9856#DC9856

#DC9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9856
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 18.86, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 48.27, 67.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.052 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.116 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4259, 38.3475, 13.9696)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9856 #569ADC

analogous

#DC5657 #DC9856 #DCDB56

triadic

#DC9856 #56DC98 #9856DC

tetradic

#DC9856 #57DC56 #569ADC #DB56DC

square

#DC9856 #57DC56 #569ADC #DB56DC

split-complementary

#DC9856 #56DCDB #5657DC

monochromatic

#985B20 #CB792A #DC9856 #E6B789 #F1D6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DC9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#DC9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9856

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9856	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)

#AD9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb687',
    500: '#dc9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9856;
$custom-light: #ebb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73349,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9856

secondary

#ADC7E1

accent

#95E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9856

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

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