#DC9D4E#DC9D4E

#DC9D4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9D4E
RGB	rgb(220, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 15.64, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 52.05, 72.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0413 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.121 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9501, 39.8831, 12.6424)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9D4E #4E8DDC

analogous

#DC564E #DC9D4E #D4DC4E

triadic

#DC9D4E #4EDC9D #9D4EDC

tetradic

#DC9D4E #4EDC56 #4E8DDC #DC4ED4

square

#DC9D4E #4EDC56 #4E8DDC #DC4ED4

split-complementary

#DC9D4E #4ED4DC #564EDC

monochromatic

#935E1D #C67F27 #DC9D4E #E6B981 #F0D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DC9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9D4E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9D4E	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb982',
    500: '#dc9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9d4e;
$custom-light: #ebb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.38,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74185,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9D4E

secondary

#A7C0DF

accent

#8AEA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9D4E

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

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