#DC9B49#DC9B49

#DC9B49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9B49
RGB	rgb(220, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 16.42, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 53.99, 72.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0429 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.125 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4420, 39.1429, 11.6221)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9B49 #498ADC

analogous

#DC5149 #DC9B49 #D4DC49

triadic

#DC9B49 #49DC9B #9B49DC

tetradic

#DC9B49 #49DC51 #498ADC #DC49D4

square

#DC9B49 #49DC51 #498ADC #DC49D4

split-complementary

#DC9B49 #49D4DC #5149DC

monochromatic

#8F5C1C #C27D25 #DC9B49 #E6B77C #F0D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DC9B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#DC9B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9B49

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9B49	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb87f',
    500: '#dc9b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9b49;
$custom-light: #ebb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.469,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73755,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9B49

secondary

#A3BDDE

accent

#8AEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9B49

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

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