#DC9243#DC9243

#DC9243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9243
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 20.92, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 55.91, 68.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0553 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.129 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8102, 36.1824, 10.1437)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9243 #438DDC

analogous

#DC4643 #DC9243 #DADC43

triadic

#DC9243 #43DC92 #9243DC

tetradic

#DC9243 #43DC46 #438DDC #DC43DA

square

#DC9243 #43DC46 #438DDC #DC43DA

split-complementary

#DC9243 #43DADC #4643DC

monochromatic

#8B541A #BE7323 #DC9243 #E6B077 #EFCEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#DC9243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#DC9243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9243

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9243	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb27b',
    500: '#dc9243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9243;
$custom-light: #ecb27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.98,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72029,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9243

secondary

#9EBCDD

accent

#91EB3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF5EE

border

#D6CFC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9243

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

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