#DC9B42#DC9B42

#DC9B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.129 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9B42
RGB	rgb(220, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 16.03, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 56.88, 73.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0408 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.129 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2228, 39.0552, 10.4679)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9B42 #4283DC

analogous

#DC4E42 #DC9B42 #D0DC42

triadic

#DC9B42 #42DC9B #9B42DC

tetradic

#DC9B42 #42DC4E #4283DC #DC42D0

square

#DC9B42 #42DC4E #4283DC #DC42D0

split-complementary

#DC9B42 #42D0DC #4E42DC

monochromatic

#8A5B1A #BE7C23 #DC9B42 #E6B676 #EFD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DC9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9B42

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9B42	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.129 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb87b',
    500: '#dc9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9b42;
$custom-light: #ecb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.675,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73685,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9B42

secondary

#9DB8DD

accent

#86EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9B42

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

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