#DC9E45#DC9E45

#DC9E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E45
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 14.58, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 55.95, 74.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0369 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.128 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8191, 40.1025, 11.1144)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E45 #4583DC

analogous

#DC5345 #DC9E45 #CFDC45

triadic

#DC9E45 #45DC9E #9E45DC

tetradic

#DC9E45 #45DC53 #4583DC #DC45CF

square

#DC9E45 #45DC53 #4583DC #DC45CF

split-complementary

#DC9E45 #45CFDC #5345DC

monochromatic

#8C5D1A #C08024 #DC9E45 #E6B979 #EFD4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DC9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E45

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E45	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)

#B4A13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba7d',
    500: '#dc9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e45;
$custom-light: #ebba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.364,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7428,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E45

secondary

#A0B9DD

accent

#84EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E45

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

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