#DC9D44#DC9D44

#DC9D44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D44
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 15.06, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 56.26, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0382 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.128 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6184, 39.7504, 10.8957)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D44 #4483DC

analogous

#DC5144 #DC9D44 #CFDC44

triadic

#DC9D44 #44DC9D #9D44DC

tetradic

#DC9D44 #44DC51 #4483DC #DC44CF

square

#DC9D44 #44DC51 #4483DC #DC44CF

split-complementary

#DC9D44 #44CFDC #5144DC

monochromatic

#8B5C1A #BF7F24 #DC9D44 #E6B878 #EFD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DC9D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D44

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D44	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97c',
    500: '#dc9d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d44;
$custom-light: #ebb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.132,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D44

secondary

#9FB9DD

accent

#85EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D44

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

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