#DC9941#DC9941

#DC9941 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9941
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 17.05, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 57.11, 72.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0437 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.13 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8635, 38.3833, 10.2039)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9941 #4184DC

analogous

#DC4B41 #DC9941 #D1DC41

triadic

#DC9941 #41DC99 #9941DC

tetradic

#DC9941 #41DC4B #4184DC #DC41D1

square

#DC9941 #41DC4B #4184DC #DC41D1

split-complementary

#DC9941 #41D1DC #4B41DC

monochromatic

#895919 #BD7A23 #DC9941 #E6B575 #EFD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DC9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DC9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9941

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9941	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb77a',
    500: '#dc9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9941;
$custom-light: #ecb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.065,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73301,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9941

secondary

#9CB8DD

accent

#88EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9941

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

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