#DC9642#DC9642

#DC9642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9642
RGB	rgb(220, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 18.72, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 56.50, 70.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0487 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.13 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4079, 37.4253, 10.1962)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9642 #4288DC

analogous

#DC4942 #DC9642 #D5DC42

triadic

#DC9642 #42DC96 #9642DC

tetradic

#DC9642 #42DC49 #4288DC #DC42D5

square

#DC9642 #42DC49 #4288DC #DC42D5

split-complementary

#DC9642 #42D5DC #4942DC

monochromatic

#8A571A #BE7723 #DC9642 #E6B376 #EFCFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#DC9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#DC9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9642

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9642	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb57a',
    500: '#dc9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9642;
$custom-light: #ecb57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9642

secondary

#9DBADD

accent

#8CEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9642

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

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