#DC9E65#DC9E65

#DC9E65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E65
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 101)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 16.79, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 42.18, 66.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0478 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.104 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0934, 40.6122, 17.8260)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E65 #65A3DC

analogous

#DC6568 #DC9E65 #DCD965

triadic

#DC9E65 #65DC9E #9E65DC

tetradic

#DC9E65 #68DC65 #65A3DC #D965DC

square

#DC9E65 #68DC65 #65A3DC #D965DC

split-complementary

#DC9E65 #65DCD9 #6568DC

monochromatic

#A26125 #D17F33 #DC9E65 #E7BD97 #F3DDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DC9E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#DC9E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E65

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E65	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaba92',
    500: '#dc9e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e65;
$custom-light: #eaba92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.739,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74678,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E65

secondary

#B9CFE4

accent

#76CB1B

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E65

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

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