#DC9233#DC9233

#DC9233 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9233
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 20.18, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 62.06, 71.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.051 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.138 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3948, 36.0162, 7.9557)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9233 #337DDC

analogous

#DC3D33 #DC9233 #D1DC33

triadic

#DC9233 #33DC92 #9233DC

tetradic

#DC9233 #33DC3D #337DDC #DC33D1

square

#DC9233 #33DC3D #337DDC #DC33D1

split-complementary

#DC9233 #33D1DC #3D33DC

monochromatic

#7F5116 #B3721F #DC9233 #E5AE67 #EECA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#DC9233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#DC9233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9233

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9233	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb271',
    500: '#dc9233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9233;
$custom-light: #edb271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.728,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9233

secondary

#91B1DA

accent

#89ED3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5ED

border

#D7CFC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9233

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

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