#DC9B57#DC9B57

#DC9B57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9B57
RGB	rgb(220, 155, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 17.32, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 48.02, 68.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0475 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.115 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9595, 39.3499, 14.3477)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9B57 #5798DC

analogous

#DC5957 #DC9B57 #DADC57

triadic

#DC9B57 #57DC9B #9B57DC

tetradic

#DC9B57 #57DC59 #5798DC #DC57DA

square

#DC9B57 #57DC59 #5798DC #DC57DA

split-complementary

#DC9B57 #57DADC #5957DC

monochromatic

#995E20 #CB7D2A #DC9B57 #E7B98A #F1D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#DC9B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9B57

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9B57	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)

#B0A051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 155, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb888',
    500: '#dc9b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9b57;
$custom-light: #ebb888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.677,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9B57

secondary

#AEC7E1

accent

#71CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9B57

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

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