#DC9E43#DC9E43

#DC9E43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E43
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 14.47, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 56.77, 75.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0363 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.129 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7580, 40.0781, 10.7930)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E43 #4381DC

analogous

#DC5243 #DC9E43 #CEDC43

triadic

#DC9E43 #43DC9E #9E43DC

tetradic

#DC9E43 #43DC52 #4381DC #DC43CE

square

#DC9E43 #43DC52 #4381DC #DC43CE

split-complementary

#DC9E43 #43CEDC #5243DC

monochromatic

#8B5D1A #BE8023 #DC9E43 #E6B977 #EFD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#DC9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E43

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E43	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)

#B4A138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba7b',
    500: '#dc9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e43;
$custom-light: #ebba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.686,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E43

secondary

#9EB7DD

accent

#83EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E43

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

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