#DC9C52#DC9C52

#DC9C52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C52
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 82)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 16.44, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 50.25, 70.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0442 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.119 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9294, 39.6052, 13.3646)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C52 #5292DC

analogous

#DC5752 #DC9C52 #D7DC52

triadic

#DC9C52 #52DC9C #9C52DC

tetradic

#DC9C52 #52DC57 #5292DC #DC52D7

square

#DC9C52 #52DC57 #5292DC #DC52D7

split-complementary

#DC9C52 #52D7DC #5752DC

monochromatic

#955E1E #C87E29 #DC9C52 #E6B985 #F1D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DC9C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C52

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C52	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb985',
    500: '#dc9c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c52;
$custom-light: #ebb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.174,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C52

secondary

#AAC3E0

accent

#8EE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C52

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

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