#DC9E50#DC9E50

#DC9E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E50
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 15.23, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 51.29, 72.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0404 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.12 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1927, 40.2519, 13.0824)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E50 #508EDC

analogous

#DC5850 #DC9E50 #D4DC50

triadic

#DC9E50 #50DC9E #9E50DC

tetradic

#DC9E50 #50DC58 #508EDC #DC50D4

square

#DC9E50 #50DC58 #508EDC #DC50D4

split-complementary

#DC9E50 #50D4DC #5850DC

monochromatic

#94601E #C78028 #DC9E50 #E6BA83 #F0D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#DC9E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E50

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E50	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba84',
    500: '#dc9e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e50;
$custom-light: #ebba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E50

secondary

#A8C1DF

accent

#8AEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E50

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

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