#DC9B33#DC9B33

#DC9B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9B33
RGB	rgb(220, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 15.35, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 62.64, 75.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0369 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.138 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8371, 38.9009, 8.4365)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9B33 #3374DC

analogous

#DC4633 #DC9B33 #C8DC33

triadic

#DC9B33 #33DC9B #9B33DC

tetradic

#DC9B33 #33DC46 #3374DC #DC33C8

square

#DC9B33 #33DC46 #3374DC #DC33C8

split-complementary

#DC9B33 #33C8DC #4633DC

monochromatic

#7F5616 #B37A1F #DC9B33 #E5B567 #EECE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DC9B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DC9B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9B33

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9B33	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb872',
    500: '#dc9b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9b33;
$custom-light: #ecb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73562,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9B33

secondary

#91ADDA

accent

#7FED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9B33

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

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