#DC9972#DC9972

#DC9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9972
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 20.65, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 36.85, 55.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0609 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.097 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9459, 39.2163, 21.1712)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9972 #72B5DC

analogous

#DC7280 #DC9972 #DCCE72

triadic

#DC9972 #72DC99 #9972DC

tetradic

#DC9972 #80DC72 #72B5DC #CE72DC

square

#DC9972 #80DC72 #72B5DC #CE72DC

split-complementary

#DC9972 #72DCCE #7280DC

monochromatic

#AA592A #D07641 #DC9972 #E8BCA3 #F4E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#DC9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9972

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9972	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab79b',
    500: '#dc9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9972;
$custom-light: #eab79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.075,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73968,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9972

secondary

#C3DAE7

accent

#89C81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9972

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

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