#DC9843#DC9843

#DC9843 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9843
RGB	rgb(220, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 17.70, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 56.22, 71.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0458 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.129 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7595, 38.0809, 10.4601)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9843 #4387DC

analogous

#DC4C43 #DC9843 #D4DC43

triadic

#DC9843 #43DC98 #9843DC

tetradic

#DC9843 #43DC4C #4387DC #DC43D4

square

#DC9843 #43DC4C #4387DC #DC43D4

split-complementary

#DC9843 #43D4DC #4C43DC

monochromatic

#8B591A #BE7A23 #DC9843 #E6B477 #EFD1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DC9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#DC9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9843

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9843	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb67b',
    500: '#dc9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9843;
$custom-light: #ecb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9843

secondary

#9EBADD

accent

#8AEB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9843

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

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