#DC9C4E#DC9C4E

#DC9C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.121 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9C4E
RGB	rgb(220, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 16.18, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 51.96, 71.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0429 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.121 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7816, 39.5461, 12.5862)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9C4E #4E8EDC

analogous

#DC554E #DC9C4E #D5DC4E

triadic

#DC9C4E #4EDC9C #9C4EDC

tetradic

#DC9C4E #4EDC55 #4E8EDC #DC4ED5

square

#DC9C4E #4EDC55 #4E8EDC #DC4ED5

split-complementary

#DC9C4E #4ED5DC #554EDC

monochromatic

#935E1D #C67E27 #DC9C4E #E6B981 #F0D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DC9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9C4E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9C4E	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.121 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb982',
    500: '#dc9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9c4e;
$custom-light: #ebb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.958,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9C4E

secondary

#A7C0DF

accent

#8BEA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9C4E

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

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