#DC9542#DC9542

#DC9542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9542
RGB	rgb(220, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 19.25, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 56.44, 70.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0503 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.13 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2490, 37.1075, 10.1432)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9542 #4289DC

analogous

#DC4842 #DC9542 #D6DC42

triadic

#DC9542 #42DC95 #9542DC

tetradic

#DC9542 #42DC48 #4289DC #DC42D6

square

#DC9542 #42DC48 #4289DC #DC42D6

split-complementary

#DC9542 #42D6DC #4842DC

monochromatic

#8A561A #BE7623 #DC9542 #E6B276 #EFCFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DC9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#DC9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9542

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9542	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb47a',
    500: '#dc9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9542;
$custom-light: #ecb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.338,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9542

secondary

#9DBADD

accent

#8DEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9542

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

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