#DC9933#DC9933

#DC9933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.138 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9933
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 16.42, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 62.47, 74.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.04 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.138 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5070, 38.2407, 8.3265)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9933 #3376DC

analogous

#DC4433 #DC9933 #CADC33

triadic

#DC9933 #33DC99 #9933DC

tetradic

#DC9933 #33DC44 #3376DC #DC33CA

square

#DC9933 #33DC44 #3376DC #DC33CA

split-complementary

#DC9933 #33CADC #4433DC

monochromatic

#7F5516 #B3781F #DC9933 #E5B367 #EECD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DC9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DC9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9933

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9933	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.138 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb772',
    500: '#dc9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9933;
$custom-light: #ecb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.213,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9933

secondary

#91AEDA

accent

#81ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9933

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

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