#DC9C85#DC9C85

#DC9C85 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.084 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C85
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 133)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 21.03, 21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 30.13, 45.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0636 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.084 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6391, 40.6891, 27.6357)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C85 #85C5DC

analogous

#DC859A #DC9C85 #DCC885

triadic

#DC9C85 #85DC9C #9C85DC

tetradic

#DC9C85 #9ADC85 #85C5DC #C885DC

square

#DC9C85 #9ADC85 #85C5DC #C885DC

split-complementary

#DC9C85 #85DCC8 #859ADC

monochromatic

#B35533 #CE7555 #DC9C85 #EAC3B5 #F7E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DC9C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#DC9C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C85

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C85	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.084 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b9a8',
    500: '#dc9c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c85;
$custom-light: #e9b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.862,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.08376,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C85

secondary

#D2E4EB

accent

#99C323

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C85

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

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