#DC9935#DC9935

#DC9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.137 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9935
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 16.50, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 61.75, 74.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0405 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.137 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5521, 38.2588, 8.5637)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9935 #3578DC

analogous

#DC4535 #DC9935 #CBDC35

triadic

#DC9935 #35DC99 #9935DC

tetradic

#DC9935 #35DC45 #3578DC #DC35CB

square

#DC9935 #35DC45 #3578DC #DC35CB

split-complementary

#DC9935 #35CBDC #4535DC

monochromatic

#805616 #B5791F #DC9935 #E5B369 #EECE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DC9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DC9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9935

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9935	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)

#B19D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.137 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb773',
    500: '#dc9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9935;
$custom-light: #ecb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.928,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9935

secondary

#93AFDA

accent

#82ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9935

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

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