#DC9E57#DC9E57

#DC9E57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E57
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(32, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 15.71, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 48.26, 71.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0427 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.115 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4650, 40.3608, 14.5162)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E57 #5795DC

analogous

#DC5B57 #DC9E57 #D7DC57

triadic

#DC9E57 #57DC9E #9E57DC

tetradic

#DC9E57 #57DC5B #5795DC #DC57D7

square

#DC9E57 #57DC5B #5795DC #DC57D7

split-complementary

#DC9E57 #57D7DC #5B57DC

monochromatic

#996020 #CB802A #DC9E57 #E7BB8A #F1D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DC9E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#DC9E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E57

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E57	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba88',
    500: '#dc9e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e57;
$custom-light: #ebba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.03,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E57

secondary

#AEC6E1

accent

#6DCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E57

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

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