#DC9E49#DC9E49

#DC9E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E49
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 14.81, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 54.28, 74.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0381 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.125 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9475, 40.1538, 11.7906)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E49 #4987DC

analogous

#DC5549 #DC9E49 #D0DC49

triadic

#DC9E49 #49DC9E #9E49DC

tetradic

#DC9E49 #49DC55 #4987DC #DC49D0

square

#DC9E49 #49DC55 #4987DC #DC49D0

split-complementary

#DC9E49 #49D0DC #5549DC

monochromatic

#8F5E1C #C28025 #DC9E49 #E6B97C #F0D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DC9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DC9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E49

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E49	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)

#B4A140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba7f',
    500: '#dc9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e49;
$custom-light: #ebba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.694,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7432,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E49

secondary

#A3BCDE

accent

#86EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E49

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

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