#DC9D33#DC9D33

#DC9D33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.138 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D33
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 14.27, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 62.84, 76.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0337 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.138 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1727, 39.5721, 8.5484)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D33 #3372DC

analogous

#DC4833 #DC9D33 #C6DC33

triadic

#DC9D33 #33DC9D #9D33DC

tetradic

#DC9D33 #33DC48 #3372DC #DC33C6

square

#DC9D33 #33DC48 #3372DC #DC33C6

split-complementary

#DC9D33 #33C6DC #4833DC

monochromatic

#7F5816 #B37C1F #DC9D33 #E5B667 #EECF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DC9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DC9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D33

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D33	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)

#B4A022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.138 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb972',
    500: '#dc9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d33;
$custom-light: #ecb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.633,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73941,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D33

secondary

#91ACDA

accent

#7DED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D33

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

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