#DC9D57#DC9D57

#DC9D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D57
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(32, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 16.25, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 48.17, 70.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0443 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.115 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2951, 40.0211, 14.4595)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D57 #5796DC

analogous

#DC5B57 #DC9D57 #D8DC57

triadic

#DC9D57 #57DC9D #9D57DC

tetradic

#DC9D57 #57DC5B #5796DC #DC57D8

square

#DC9D57 #57DC5B #5796DC #DC57D8

split-complementary

#DC9D57 #57D8DC #5B57DC

monochromatic

#995F20 #CB7F2A #DC9D57 #E7BB8A #F1D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC9D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#DC9D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D57

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D57	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba88',
    500: '#dc9d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d57;
$custom-light: #ebba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74294,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D57

secondary

#AEC6E1

accent

#6ECD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D57

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

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