#DC9A35#DC9A35

#DC9A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.137 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9A35
RGB	rgb(220, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 15.96, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 61.83, 75.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0389 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.137 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7164, 38.5875, 8.6185)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9A35 #3577DC

analogous

#DC4635 #DC9A35 #CBDC35

triadic

#DC9A35 #35DC9A #9A35DC

tetradic

#DC9A35 #35DC46 #3577DC #DC35CB

square

#DC9A35 #35DC46 #3577DC #DC35CB

split-complementary

#DC9A35 #35CBDC #4635DC

monochromatic

#805616 #B57A1F #DC9A35 #E5B469 #EECE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DC9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DC9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9A35

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9A35	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.137 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb773',
    500: '#dc9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9a35;
$custom-light: #ecb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.287,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9A35

secondary

#93AFDA

accent

#81ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9A35

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

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