#DC9E56#DC9E56

#DC9E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E56
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 15.64, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 48.70, 71.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0424 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.116 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4244, 40.3446, 14.3025)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E56 #5694DC

analogous

#DC5B56 #DC9E56 #D7DC56

triadic

#DC9E56 #56DC9E #9E56DC

tetradic

#DC9E56 #56DC5B #5694DC #DC56D7

square

#DC9E56 #56DC5B #5694DC #DC56D7

split-complementary

#DC9E56 #56D7DC #5B56DC

monochromatic

#986020 #CB802A #DC9E56 #E6BB89 #F1D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#DC9E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E56

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E56	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)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba88',
    500: '#dc9e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e56;
$custom-light: #ebba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.239,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74469,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E56

secondary

#ADC5E1

accent

#8EE93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E56

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

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