#DC9956#DC9956

#DC9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.116 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9956
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 18.32, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 48.32, 67.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0504 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.116 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5888, 38.6735, 14.0240)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9956 #5699DC

analogous

#DC5656 #DC9956 #DCDC56

triadic

#DC9956 #56DC99 #9956DC

tetradic

#DC9956 #56DC56 #5699DC #DC56DC

square

#DC9956 #56DC56 #5699DC #DC56DC

split-complementary

#DC9956 #56DCDC #5656DC

monochromatic

#985C20 #CB7A2A #DC9956 #E6B889 #F1D6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DC9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#DC9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9956

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9956	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.116 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb787',
    500: '#dc9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9956;
$custom-light: #ebb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9956

secondary

#ADC7E1

accent

#94E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9956

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

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