#DC9E53#DC9E53

#DC9E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E53
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 15.43, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 50.00, 72.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0414 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.118 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3061, 40.2973, 13.6792)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E53 #5391DC

analogous

#DC5A53 #DC9E53 #D5DC53

triadic

#DC9E53 #53DC9E #9E53DC

tetradic

#DC9E53 #53DC5A #5391DC #DC53D5

square

#DC9E53 #53DC5A #5391DC #DC53D5

split-complementary

#DC9E53 #53D5DC #5A53DC

monochromatic

#96601F #C98029 #DC9E53 #E6BB86 #F1D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#DC9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E53

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E53	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)

#B3A24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba86',
    500: '#dc9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e53;
$custom-light: #ebba86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.847,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74432,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E53

secondary

#ABC3E0

accent

#8CE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E53

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

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