#DC9E87#DC9E87

#DC9E87 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.081 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E87
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 38.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 20.18, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 29.25, 46.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0612 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.081 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1169, 41.4216, 28.4831)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E87 #87C5DC

analogous

#DC879B #DC9E87 #DCC887

triadic

#DC9E87 #87DC9E #9E87DC

tetradic

#DC9E87 #9BDC87 #87C5DC #C887DC

square

#DC9E87 #9BDC87 #87C5DC #C887DC

split-complementary

#DC9E87 #87DCC8 #879BDC

monochromatic

#B45735 #CE7858 #DC9E87 #EAC4B6 #F8EBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DC9E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#DC9E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E87

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E87	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.081 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bbaa',
    500: '#dc9e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e87;
$custom-light: #e9bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.235,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75303,
    "c": 0.08133,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E87

secondary

#D3E5EC

accent

#97C223

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161110

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E87

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

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