#DC9C41#DC9C41

#DC9C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C41
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 15.44, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 57.38, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0389 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.13 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3607, 39.3777, 10.3696)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C41 #4181DC

analogous

#DC4E41 #DC9C41 #CEDC41

triadic

#DC9C41 #41DC9C #9C41DC

tetradic

#DC9C41 #41DC4E #4181DC #DC41CE

square

#DC9C41 #41DC4E #4181DC #DC41CE

split-complementary

#DC9C41 #41CEDC #4E41DC

monochromatic

#895B19 #BD7D23 #DC9C41 #E6B775 #EFD2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#DC9C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C41

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C41	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97a',
    500: '#dc9c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c41;
$custom-light: #ecb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.226,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73864,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C41

secondary

#9CB7DD

accent

#85EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C41

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

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