#DC9C50#DC9C50

#DC9C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C50
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 16.31, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 51.10, 71.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0435 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.12 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8544, 39.5752, 12.9696)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C50 #5090DC

analogous

#DC5650 #DC9C50 #D6DC50

triadic

#DC9C50 #50DC9C #9C50DC

tetradic

#DC9C50 #50DC56 #5090DC #DC50D6

square

#DC9C50 #50DC56 #5090DC #DC50D6

split-complementary

#DC9C50 #50D6DC #5650DC

monochromatic

#945E1E #C77E28 #DC9C50 #E6B983 #F0D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC9C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DC9C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C50

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C50	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb984',
    500: '#dc9c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c50;
$custom-light: #ebb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7402,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C50

secondary

#A8C2DF

accent

#8DEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C50

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

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