#DC9959#DC9959

#DC9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9959
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 18.54, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 47.04, 66.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0514 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.114 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7123, 38.7228, 14.6740)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9959 #599CDC

analogous

#DC595A #DC9959 #DCDA59

triadic

#DC9959 #59DC99 #9959DC

tetradic

#DC9959 #5ADC59 #599CDC #DA59DC

square

#DC9959 #5ADC59 #599CDC #DA59DC

split-complementary

#DC9959 #59DCDA #595ADC

monochromatic

#9A5C20 #CD7A2B #DC9959 #E7B88C #F1D7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DC9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#DC9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9959

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9959	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb789',
    500: '#dc9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9959;
$custom-light: #ebb789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.313,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73574,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9959

secondary

#AFC9E1

accent

#75CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9959

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

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