#DC9E33#DC9E33

#DC9E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.138 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E33
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 13.74, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 62.94, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0322 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.138 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3426, 39.9119, 8.6050)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E33 #3371DC

analogous

#DC4933 #DC9E33 #C5DC33

triadic

#DC9E33 #33DC9E #9E33DC

tetradic

#DC9E33 #33DC49 #3371DC #DC33C5

square

#DC9E33 #33DC49 #3371DC #DC33C5

split-complementary

#DC9E33 #33C5DC #4933DC

monochromatic

#7F5816 #B37D1F #DC9E33 #E5B767 #EED09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DC9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DC9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E33

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E33	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)

#B5A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.138 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba72',
    500: '#dc9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e33;
$custom-light: #ecba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.988,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E33

secondary

#91ACDA

accent

#7CED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E33

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

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