#DC9249#DC9249

#DC9249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9249
RGB	rgb(220, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 21.25, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 53.47, 66.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0572 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.126 63)
XYZ	xyz(40.9996, 36.2581, 11.1413)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9249 #4993DC

analogous

#DC4949 #DC9249 #DCDC49

triadic

#DC9249 #49DC92 #9249DC

tetradic

#DC9249 #49DC49 #4993DC #DC49DC

square

#DC9249 #49DC49 #4993DC #DC49DC

split-complementary

#DC9249 #49DCDC #4949DC

monochromatic

#8F551C #C27325 #DC9249 #E6B17C #F0CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#DC9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#DC9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9249

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9249	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb27e',
    500: '#dc9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9249;
$custom-light: #ecb27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.796,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72092,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.36254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9249

secondary

#A3C1DE

accent

#94EB3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF5EE

border

#D6CFC9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9249

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

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