#DC9874#DC9874

#DC9874 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9874
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 116)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 21.38, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 36.17, 53.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0633 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.096 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8980, 38.9364, 21.7230)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9874 #74B8DC

analogous

#DC7484 #DC9874 #DCCC74

triadic

#DC9874 #74DC98 #9874DC

tetradic

#DC9874 #84DC74 #74B8DC #CC74DC

square

#DC9874 #84DC74 #74B8DC #CC74DC

split-complementary

#DC9874 #74DCCC #7484DC

monochromatic

#AB572B #D07443 #DC9874 #E8BCA5 #F5E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DC9874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#DC9874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9874

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9874	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b69c',
    500: '#dc9874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9874;
$custom-light: #e9b69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9874

secondary

#C5DBE7

accent

#8DC71E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9874

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

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