#DC9C48#DC9C48

#DC9C48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C48
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 15.82, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 54.50, 73.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.041 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.125 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5762, 39.4639, 11.5046)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C48 #4888DC

analogous

#DC5248 #DC9C48 #D2DC48

triadic

#DC9C48 #48DC9C #9C48DC

tetradic

#DC9C48 #48DC52 #4888DC #DC48D2

square

#DC9C48 #48DC52 #4888DC #DC48D2

split-complementary

#DC9C48 #48D2DC #5248DC

monochromatic

#8E5D1B #C27E25 #DC9C48 #E6B87B #F0D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#DC9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C48

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C48	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97e',
    500: '#dc9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c48;
$custom-light: #ebb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.054,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73932,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C48

secondary

#A2BCDE

accent

#88EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C48

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

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