#DC985E#DC985E

#DC985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC985E
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 19.45, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 44.89, 64.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0548 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.111 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7664, 38.4837, 15.7632)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC985E #5EA2DC

analogous

#DC5E63 #DC985E #DCD75E

triadic

#DC985E #5EDC98 #985EDC

tetradic

#DC985E #63DC5E #5EA2DC #D75EDC

square

#DC985E #63DC5E #5EA2DC #D75EDC

split-complementary

#DC985E #5EDCD7 #5E63DC

monochromatic

#9D5B22 #D0782D #DC985E #E7B890 #F2D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DC985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#DC985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC985E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC985E	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab68d',
    500: '#dc985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc985e;
$custom-light: #eab68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.619,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC985E

secondary

#B3CDE2

accent

#7ACC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC985E

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

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