#DC9E61#DC9E61

#DC9E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E61
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 16.46, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 43.91, 67.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0463 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.107 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9022, 40.5357, 16.8188)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E61 #619FDC

analogous

#DC6162 #DC9E61 #DCDC61

triadic

#DC9E61 #61DC9E #9E61DC

tetradic

#DC9E61 #62DC61 #619FDC #DC61DC

square

#DC9E61 #62DC61 #619FDC #DC61DC

split-complementary

#DC9E61 #61DCDC #6162DC

monochromatic

#9F6123 #D17F2F #DC9E61 #E7BD93 #F2DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DC9E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#DC9E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E61

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E61	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaba8f',
    500: '#dc9e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e61;
$custom-light: #eaba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.756,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74618,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E61

secondary

#B6CDE3

accent

#73CC1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E61

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

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