#DC9B59#DC9B59

#DC9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9B59
RGB	rgb(220, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 17.46, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 47.16, 68.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0482 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.114 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0423, 39.3830, 14.7840)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9B59 #599ADC

analogous

#DC5959 #DC9B59 #DBDC59

triadic

#DC9B59 #59DC9B #9B59DC

tetradic

#DC9B59 #59DC59 #599ADC #DC59DB

square

#DC9B59 #59DC59 #599ADC #DC59DB

split-complementary

#DC9B59 #59DBDC #5959DC

monochromatic

#9A5E20 #CD7D2B #DC9B59 #E7B98C #F1D8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DC9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9B59

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9B59	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb889',
    500: '#dc9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9b59;
$custom-light: #ebb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.229,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9B59

secondary

#AFC8E1

accent

#72CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9B59

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

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