#DC9E4E#DC9E4E

#DC9E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9E4E
RGB	rgb(220, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 15.11, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 52.15, 73.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0397 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.121 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1199, 40.2228, 12.6990)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9E4E #4E8CDC

analogous

#DC574E #DC9E4E #D3DC4E

triadic

#DC9E4E #4EDC9E #9E4EDC

tetradic

#DC9E4E #4EDC57 #4E8CDC #DC4ED3

square

#DC9E4E #4EDC57 #4E8CDC #DC4ED3

split-complementary

#DC9E4E #4ED3DC #574EDC

monochromatic

#935F1D #C68027 #DC9E4E #E6BA81 #F0D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#DC9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9E4E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9E4E	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba82',
    500: '#dc9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9e4e;
$custom-light: #ebba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.803,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74374,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9E4E

secondary

#A7BFDF

accent

#89EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9E4E

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

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