#DC9943#DC9943

#DC9943 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9943
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 17.16, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 56.30, 72.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0442 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.129 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9225, 38.4069, 10.5145)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9943 #4386DC

analogous

#DC4D43 #DC9943 #D3DC43

triadic

#DC9943 #43DC99 #9943DC

tetradic

#DC9943 #43DC4D #4386DC #DC43D3

square

#DC9943 #43DC4D #4386DC #DC43D3

split-complementary

#DC9943 #43D3DC #4D43DC

monochromatic

#8B591A #BE7B23 #DC9943 #E6B577 #EFD1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DC9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DC9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9943

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9943	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)

#B09D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb77b',
    500: '#dc9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9943;
$custom-light: #ecb77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.725,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7332,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9943

secondary

#9EB9DD

accent

#89EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9943

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

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