#DC9E48#DC9E48

#DC9E48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E48
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 14.75, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 54.70, 74.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0378 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.126 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9146, 40.1407, 11.6173)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E48 #4886DC

analogous

#DC5448 #DC9E48 #D0DC48

triadic

#DC9E48 #48DC9E #9E48DC

tetradic

#DC9E48 #48DC54 #4886DC #DC48D0

square

#DC9E48 #48DC54 #4886DC #DC48D0

split-complementary

#DC9E48 #48D0DC #5448DC

monochromatic

#8E5E1B #C28025 #DC9E48 #E6B97B #F0D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DC9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E48

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E48	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba7f',
    500: '#dc9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e48;
$custom-light: #ebba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.865,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E48

secondary

#A2BBDE

accent

#86EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E48

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

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