#DC995B#DC995B

#DC995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC995B
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 18.69, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 46.19, 66.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0522 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.112 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7974, 38.7569, 15.1223)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC995B #5B9EDC

analogous

#DC5B5D #DC995B #DCD95B

triadic

#DC995B #5BDC99 #995BDC

tetradic

#DC995B #5DDC5B #5B9EDC #D95BDC

square

#DC995B #5DDC5B #5B9EDC #D95BDC

split-complementary

#DC995B #5BDCD9 #5B5DDC

monochromatic

#9B5C21 #CE7A2C #DC995B #E7B88D #F2D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DC995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DC995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC995B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC995B	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb78b',
    500: '#dc995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc995b;
$custom-light: #ebb78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.837,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC995B

secondary

#B1CAE2

accent

#76CD19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC995B

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

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