#DC9B56#DC9B56

#DC9B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9B56
RGB	rgb(220, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 17.25, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 48.45, 69.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0472 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.116 66)
XYZ	xyz(42.9189, 39.3336, 14.1340)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9B56 #5697DC

analogous

#DC5856 #DC9B56 #DADC56

triadic

#DC9B56 #56DC9B #9B56DC

tetradic

#DC9B56 #56DC58 #5697DC #DC56DA

square

#DC9B56 #56DC58 #5697DC #DC56DA

split-complementary

#DC9B56 #56DADC #5856DC

monochromatic

#985E20 #CB7D2A #DC9B56 #E6B989 #F1D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#DC9B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9B56

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9B56	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb887',
    500: '#dc9b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9b56;
$custom-light: #ebb887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.896,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73907,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.3933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9B56

secondary

#ADC6E1

accent

#91E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9B56

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

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