#DC9D51#DC9D51

#DC9D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D51
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 15.84, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 50.77, 71.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0423 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.119 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0601, 39.9271, 13.2218)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D51 #5190DC

analogous

#DC5851 #DC9D51 #D5DC51

triadic

#DC9D51 #51DC9D #9D51DC

tetradic

#DC9D51 #51DC58 #5190DC #DC51D5

square

#DC9D51 #51DC58 #5190DC #DC51D5

split-complementary

#DC9D51 #51D5DC #5851DC

monochromatic

#955F1E #C87F28 #DC9D51 #E6BA84 #F0D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC9D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DC9D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D51

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D51	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb984',
    500: '#dc9d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d51;
$custom-light: #ebb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.806,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7422,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D51

secondary

#A9C2E0

accent

#8CE93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D51

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

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