#DC9951#DC9951

#DC9951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.119 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9951
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 17.99, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 50.45, 69.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0487 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.119 66)
XYZ	xyz(42.3944, 38.5957, 12.9999)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9951 #5194DC

analogous

#DC5451 #DC9951 #DADC51

triadic

#DC9951 #51DC99 #9951DC

tetradic

#DC9951 #51DC54 #5194DC #DC51DA

square

#DC9951 #51DC54 #5194DC #DC51DA

split-complementary

#DC9951 #51DADC #5451DC

monochromatic

#955B1E #C87B28 #DC9951 #E6B784 #F0D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DC9951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DC9951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9951

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9951	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.119 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb784',
    500: '#dc9951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9951;
$custom-light: #ebb784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.079,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73472,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.38592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9951

secondary

#A9C3E0

accent

#91E93E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9951

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

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