#DC9873#DC9873

#DC9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9873
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 21.28, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 36.54, 54.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0629 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.096 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8402, 38.9132, 21.4183)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9873 #73B7DC

analogous

#DC7382 #DC9873 #DCCC73

triadic

#DC9873 #73DC98 #9873DC

tetradic

#DC9873 #82DC73 #73B7DC #CC73DC

square

#DC9873 #82DC73 #73B7DC #CC73DC

split-complementary

#DC9873 #73DCCC #7382DC

monochromatic

#AA572B #D07442 #DC9873 #E8BCA4 #F4E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DC9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DC9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9873

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9873	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab69b',
    500: '#dc9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9873;
$custom-light: #eab69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9873

secondary

#C4DBE7

accent

#8CC81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9873

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

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