#DC9949#DC9949

#DC9949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9949
RGB	rgb(220, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 17.49, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 53.82, 71.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0461 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.125 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1119, 38.4827, 11.5120)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9949 #498CDC

analogous

#DC4F49 #DC9949 #D6DC49

triadic

#DC9949 #49DC99 #9949DC

tetradic

#DC9949 #49DC4F #498CDC #DC49D6

square

#DC9949 #49DC4F #498CDC #DC49D6

split-complementary

#DC9949 #49D6DC #4F49DC

monochromatic

#8F5A1C #C27B25 #DC9949 #E6B67C #F0D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DC9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#DC9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9949

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9949	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb77f',
    500: '#dc9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9949;
$custom-light: #ebb77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.653,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9949

secondary

#A3BEDE

accent

#8CEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9949

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

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