#DC9E51#DC9E51

#DC9E51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E51
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 15.30, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 50.86, 72.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0407 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.119 70)
XYZ	xyz(43.2300, 40.2668, 13.2784)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E51 #518FDC

analogous

#DC5951 #DC9E51 #D5DC51

triadic

#DC9E51 #51DC9E #9E51DC

tetradic

#DC9E51 #51DC59 #518FDC #DC51D5

square

#DC9E51 #51DC59 #518FDC #DC51D5

split-complementary

#DC9E51 #51D5DC #5951DC

monochromatic

#95601E #C88128 #DC9E51 #E6BA84 #F0D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#DC9E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E51

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E51	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)

#B3A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba84',
    500: '#dc9e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e51;
$custom-light: #ebba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.237,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74408,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E51

secondary

#A9C1E0

accent

#8BE93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E51

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

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