#DC9D40#DC9D40

#DC9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D40
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 14.86, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 57.88, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0371 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.131 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5005, 39.7032, 10.2746)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D40 #407FDC

analogous

#DC4F40 #DC9D40 #CDDC40

triadic

#DC9D40 #40DC9D #9D40DC

tetradic

#DC9D40 #40DC4F #407FDC #DC40CD

square

#DC9D40 #40DC4F #407FDC #DC40CD

split-complementary

#DC9D40 #40CDDC #4F40DC

monochromatic

#895C19 #BC7E23 #DC9D40 #E5B874 #EFD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DC9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D40

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D40	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97a',
    500: '#dc9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d40;
$custom-light: #ecb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D40

secondary

#9BB6DC

accent

#83EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D40

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

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