#DC9E4A#DC9E4A

#DC9E4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E4A
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 74)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 14.86, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 53.86, 73.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0384 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.124 72)
XYZ	xyz(42.9809, 40.1672, 11.9666)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E4A #4A88DC

analogous

#DC554A #DC9E4A #D1DC4A

triadic

#DC9E4A #4ADC9E #9E4ADC

tetradic

#DC9E4A #4ADC55 #4A88DC #DC4AD1

square

#DC9E4A #4ADC55 #4A88DC #DC4AD1

split-complementary

#DC9E4A #4AD1DC #554ADC

monochromatic

#905F1C #C38026 #DC9E4A #E6B97D #F0D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DC9E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E4A

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E4A	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B4A141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba80',
    500: '#dc9e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e4a;
$custom-light: #ebba80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.521,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.40164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E4A

secondary

#A4BCDE

accent

#87EA3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E4A

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

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