#DC9E42#DC9E42

#DC9E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E42
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 14.42, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 57.18, 75.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0361 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.129 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7283, 40.0662, 10.6363)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E42 #4280DC

analogous

#DC5142 #DC9E42 #CDDC42

triadic

#DC9E42 #42DC9E #9E42DC

tetradic

#DC9E42 #42DC51 #4280DC #DC42CD

square

#DC9E42 #42DC51 #4280DC #DC42CD

split-complementary

#DC9E42 #42CDDC #5142DC

monochromatic

#8A5D1A #BE7F23 #DC9E42 #E6B976 #EFD3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#DC9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E42

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E42	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba7b',
    500: '#dc9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e42;
$custom-light: #ecba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.844,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E42

secondary

#9DB7DD

accent

#83EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E42

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

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