#DC9F51#DC9F51

#DC9F51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9F51
RGB	rgb(220, 159, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 14.76, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 50.97, 73.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0391 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.119 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4012, 40.6094, 13.3355)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9F51 #518EDC

analogous

#DC5A51 #DC9F51 #D4DC51

triadic

#DC9F51 #51DC9F #9F51DC

tetradic

#DC9F51 #51DC5A #518EDC #DC51D4

square

#DC9F51 #51DC5A #518EDC #DC51D4

split-complementary

#DC9F51 #51D4DC #5A51DC

monochromatic

#95611E #C88228 #DC9F51 #E6BB84 #F0D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DC9F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#DC9F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9F51

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9F51	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)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 159, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbb84',
    500: '#dc9f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9f51;
$custom-light: #ebbb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.669,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74597,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9F51

secondary

#A9C1E0

accent

#89E93E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9F51

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

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