#DC9835#DC9835

#DC9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.137 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9835
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 17.04, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 61.67, 73.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.042 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.137 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3891, 37.9328, 8.5094)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9835 #3579DC

analogous

#DC4435 #DC9835 #CCDC35

triadic

#DC9835 #35DC98 #9835DC

tetradic

#DC9835 #35DC44 #3579DC #DC35CC

square

#DC9835 #35DC44 #3579DC #DC35CC

split-complementary

#DC9835 #35CCDC #4435DC

monochromatic

#805516 #B5781F #DC9835 #E5B369 #EECD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DC9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#DC9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9835

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9835	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.137 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb673',
    500: '#dc9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9835;
$custom-light: #ecb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.569,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9835

secondary

#93B0DA

accent

#83ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9835

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

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