#DC9C33#DC9C33

#DC9C33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C33
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 14.81, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 62.74, 76.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0353 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.138 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0042, 39.2351, 8.4922)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C33 #3373DC

analogous

#DC4733 #DC9C33 #C7DC33

triadic

#DC9C33 #33DC9C #9C33DC

tetradic

#DC9C33 #33DC47 #3373DC #DC33C7

square

#DC9C33 #33DC47 #3373DC #DC33C7

split-complementary

#DC9C33 #33C7DC #4733DC

monochromatic

#7F5716 #B37B1F #DC9C33 #E5B567 #EECF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DC9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C33

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C33	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb972',
    500: '#dc9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c33;
$custom-light: #ecb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.278,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C33

secondary

#91ADDA

accent

#7EED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C33

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

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