#DC9042#DC9042

#DC9042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.131 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9042
RGB	rgb(220, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 21.94, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 56.26, 67.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0582 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.131 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4749, 35.5593, 9.8852)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9042 #428EDC

analogous

#DC4342 #DC9042 #DBDC42

triadic

#DC9042 #42DC90 #9042DC

tetradic

#DC9042 #42DC43 #428EDC #DC42DB

square

#DC9042 #42DC43 #428EDC #DC42DB

split-complementary

#DC9042 #42DBDC #4342DC

monochromatic

#8A531A #BE7123 #DC9042 #E6AE76 #EFCDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#DC9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#DC9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9042

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9042	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.131 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb07a',
    500: '#dc9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9042;
$custom-light: #ecb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.39,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71655,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9042

secondary

#9DBCDD

accent

#93EC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9042

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

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