#DC9235#DC9235

#DC9235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.137 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9235
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 20.26, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 61.33, 70.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0515 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.137 68)
XYZ	xyz(40.4398, 36.0342, 8.1930)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9235 #357FDC

analogous

#DC3E35 #DC9235 #D2DC35

triadic

#DC9235 #35DC92 #9235DC

tetradic

#DC9235 #35DC3E #357FDC #DC35D2

square

#DC9235 #35DC3E #357FDC #DC35D2

split-complementary

#DC9235 #35D2DC #3E35DC

monochromatic

#805116 #B5721F #DC9235 #E5AE69 #EECA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#DC9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#DC9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9235

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9235	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.137 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb272',
    500: '#dc9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9235;
$custom-light: #ecb272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.413,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.3603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9235

secondary

#93B2DA

accent

#8AED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5ED

border

#D7CFC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9235

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

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