#DC9D45#DC9D45

#DC9D45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D45
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 15.12, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 55.84, 74.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0385 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.127 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6492, 39.7627, 11.0578)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D45 #4584DC

analogous

#DC5245 #DC9D45 #D0DC45

triadic

#DC9D45 #45DC9D #9D45DC

tetradic

#DC9D45 #45DC52 #4584DC #DC45D0

square

#DC9D45 #45DC52 #4584DC #DC45D0

split-complementary

#DC9D45 #45D0DC #5245DC

monochromatic

#8C5D1A #C07F24 #DC9D45 #E6B879 #EFD3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DC9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DC9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D45

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D45	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)

#B3A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97d',
    500: '#dc9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d45;
$custom-light: #ebb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.967,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74091,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D45

secondary

#A0B9DD

accent

#85EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D45

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

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