#DC9E52#DC9E52

#DC9E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E52
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 62.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 15.37, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 50.43, 72.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.041 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.119 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2677, 40.2819, 13.4774)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E52 #5290DC

analogous

#DC5952 #DC9E52 #D5DC52

triadic

#DC9E52 #52DC9E #9E52DC

tetradic

#DC9E52 #52DC59 #5290DC #DC52D5

square

#DC9E52 #52DC59 #5290DC #DC52D5

split-complementary

#DC9E52 #52D5DC #5952DC

monochromatic

#95601E #C88129 #DC9E52 #E6BB85 #F1D7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#DC9E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E52

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E52	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba85',
    500: '#dc9e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e52;
$custom-light: #ebba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.043,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E52

secondary

#AAC2E0

accent

#8BE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E52

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

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