#DC9D87#DC9D87

#DC9D87 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.082 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D87
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 135)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 20.72, 20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 29.39, 45.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0628 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.082 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9471, 41.0819, 28.4265)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D87 #87C6DC

analogous

#DC879C #DC9D87 #DCC787

triadic

#DC9D87 #87DC9D #9D87DC

tetradic

#DC9D87 #9CDC87 #87C6DC #C787DC

square

#DC9D87 #9CDC87 #87C6DC #C787DC

split-complementary

#DC9D87 #87DCC7 #879CDC

monochromatic

#B45635 #CE7658 #DC9D87 #EAC4B6 #F8EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DC9D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#DC9D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D87

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D87	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.082 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9baaa',
    500: '#dc9d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d87;
$custom-light: #e9baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.529,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75119,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D87

secondary

#D3E5EC

accent

#99C223

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D87

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

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