#DC9A33#DC9A33

#DC9A33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.138 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9A33
RGB	rgb(220, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 15.88, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 62.56, 75.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0384 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.138 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6714, 38.5695, 8.3813)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9A33 #3375DC

analogous

#DC4533 #DC9A33 #C9DC33

triadic

#DC9A33 #33DC9A #9A33DC

tetradic

#DC9A33 #33DC45 #3375DC #DC33C9

square

#DC9A33 #33DC45 #3375DC #DC33C9

split-complementary

#DC9A33 #33C9DC #4533DC

monochromatic

#7F5616 #B3791F #DC9A33 #E5B467 #EECE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DC9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#DC9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9A33

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9A33	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.138 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb772',
    500: '#dc9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9a33;
$custom-light: #ecb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.568,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9A33

secondary

#91ADDA

accent

#80ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9A33

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

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