#DC9C45#DC9C45

#DC9C45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C45
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 15.65, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 55.74, 73.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0401 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.127 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4807, 39.4257, 11.0016)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C45 #4585DC

analogous

#DC5145 #DC9C45 #D0DC45

triadic

#DC9C45 #45DC9C #9C45DC

tetradic

#DC9C45 #45DC51 #4585DC #DC45D0

square

#DC9C45 #45DC51 #4585DC #DC45D0

split-complementary

#DC9C45 #45D0DC #5145DC

monochromatic

#8C5C1A #C07E24 #DC9C45 #E6B779 #EFD3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC9C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DC9C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C45

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C45	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)

#B2A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97d',
    500: '#dc9c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c45;
$custom-light: #ebb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.57,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C45

secondary

#A0BADD

accent

#87EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C45

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

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