#DC9859#DC9859

#DC9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9859
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 19.08, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 47.00, 66.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.053 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.114 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5493, 38.3969, 14.6196)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9859 #599DDC

analogous

#DC595B #DC9859 #DCD959

triadic

#DC9859 #59DC98 #9859DC

tetradic

#DC9859 #5BDC59 #599DDC #D959DC

square

#DC9859 #5BDC59 #599DDC #D959DC

split-complementary

#DC9859 #59DCD9 #595BDC

monochromatic

#9A5B20 #CD792B #DC9859 #E7B78C #F1D7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DC9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DC9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9859

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9859	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb689',
    500: '#dc9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9859;
$custom-light: #ebb689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.855,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9859

secondary

#AFC9E1

accent

#76CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9859

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

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