#DC9C42#DC9C42

#DC9C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C42
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 15.49, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 56.97, 74.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0392 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.129 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3899, 39.3894, 10.5236)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C42 #4282DC

analogous

#DC4F42 #DC9C42 #CFDC42

triadic

#DC9C42 #42DC9C #9C42DC

tetradic

#DC9C42 #42DC4F #4282DC #DC42CF

square

#DC9C42 #42DC4F #4282DC #DC42CF

split-complementary

#DC9C42 #42CFDC #4F42DC

monochromatic

#8A5B1A #BE7D23 #DC9C42 #E6B776 #EFD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DC9C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DC9C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C42

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C42	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97b',
    500: '#dc9c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c42;
$custom-light: #ecb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.065,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C42

secondary

#9DB8DD

accent

#85EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C42

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

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