#DC9E44#DC9E44

#DC9E44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E44
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 14.53, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 56.36, 75.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0366 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.128 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7883, 40.0902, 10.9523)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E44 #4482DC

analogous

#DC5244 #DC9E44 #CEDC44

triadic

#DC9E44 #44DC9E #9E44DC

tetradic

#DC9E44 #44DC52 #4482DC #DC44CE

square

#DC9E44 #44DC52 #4482DC #DC44CE

split-complementary

#DC9E44 #44CEDC #5244DC

monochromatic

#8B5D1A #BF8024 #DC9E44 #E6B978 #EFD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DC9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E44

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E44	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba7c',
    500: '#dc9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e44;
$custom-light: #ebba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.526,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E44

secondary

#9FB8DD

accent

#84EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E44

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

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