#DC9442#DC9442

#DC9442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9442
RGB	rgb(220, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 19.79, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 56.39, 69.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0519 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.13 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0915, 36.7925, 10.0907)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9442 #428ADC

analogous

#DC4742 #DC9442 #D7DC42

triadic

#DC9442 #42DC94 #9442DC

tetradic

#DC9442 #42DC47 #428ADC #DC42D7

square

#DC9442 #42DC47 #428ADC #DC42D7

split-complementary

#DC9442 #42D7DC #4742DC

monochromatic

#8A551A #BE7523 #DC9442 #E6B176 #EFCEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#DC9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#DC9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9442

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9442	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb37a',
    500: '#dc9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9442;
$custom-light: #ecb37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.948,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9442

secondary

#9DBBDD

accent

#8EEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9442

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

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