#DC9C53#DC9C53

#DC9C53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C53
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 16.51, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 49.82, 70.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0446 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.118 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9677, 39.6205, 13.5664)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C53 #5393DC

analogous

#DC5853 #DC9C53 #D8DC53

triadic

#DC9C53 #53DC9C #9C53DC

tetradic

#DC9C53 #53DC58 #5393DC #DC53D8

square

#DC9C53 #53DC58 #5393DC #DC53D8

split-complementary

#DC9C53 #53D8DC #5853DC

monochromatic

#965E1F #C97E29 #DC9C53 #E6B986 #F1D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DC9C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C53

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C53	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)

#B1A04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb986',
    500: '#dc9c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c53;
$custom-light: #ebb986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.971,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C53

secondary

#ABC4E0

accent

#8EE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C53

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

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