#DC9E55#DC9E55

#DC9E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E55
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 15.57, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 49.13, 71.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.042 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.116 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3844, 40.3286, 14.0918)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E55 #5593DC

analogous

#DC5A55 #DC9E55 #D7DC55

triadic

#DC9E55 #55DC9E #9E55DC

tetradic

#DC9E55 #55DC5A #5593DC #DC55D7

square

#DC9E55 #55DC5A #5593DC #DC55D7

split-complementary

#DC9E55 #55D7DC #5A55DC

monochromatic

#97601F #CA802A #DC9E55 #E6BB88 #F1D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#DC9E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E55

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E55	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba87',
    500: '#dc9e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e55;
$custom-light: #ebba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74457,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E55

secondary

#ACC4E0

accent

#8DE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E55

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

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