#DC9D49#DC9D49

#DC9D49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D49
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 15.34, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 54.18, 73.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0397 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.125 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7776, 39.8141, 11.7339)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D49 #4988DC

analogous

#DC5449 #DC9D49 #D1DC49

triadic

#DC9D49 #49DC9D #9D49DC

tetradic

#DC9D49 #49DC54 #4988DC #DC49D1

square

#DC9D49 #49DC54 #4988DC #DC49D1

split-complementary

#DC9D49 #49D1DC #5449DC

monochromatic

#8F5E1C #C27F25 #DC9D49 #E6B97C #F0D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DC9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D49

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D49	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97f',
    500: '#dc9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d49;
$custom-light: #ebb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74131,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D49

secondary

#A3BCDE

accent

#88EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D49

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

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