#DC9C44#DC9C44

#DC9C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C44
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 15.60, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 56.15, 73.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0398 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.128 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4499, 39.4134, 10.8395)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C44 #4484DC

analogous

#DC5044 #DC9C44 #D0DC44

triadic

#DC9C44 #44DC9C #9C44DC

tetradic

#DC9C44 #44DC50 #4484DC #DC44D0

square

#DC9C44 #44DC50 #4484DC #DC44D0

split-complementary

#DC9C44 #44D0DC #5044DC

monochromatic

#8B5C1A #BF7E24 #DC9C44 #E6B778 #EFD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC9C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DC9C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C44

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C44	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B29F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97c',
    500: '#dc9c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c44;
$custom-light: #ebb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C44

secondary

#9FB9DD

accent

#86EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C44

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

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