#DC9F33#DC9F33

#DC9F33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9F33
RGB	rgb(220, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 76.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 13.20, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 63.05, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0306 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.138 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5139, 40.2544, 8.6621)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9F33 #3370DC

analogous

#DC4A33 #DC9F33 #C4DC33

triadic

#DC9F33 #33DC9F #9F33DC

tetradic

#DC9F33 #33DC4A #3370DC #DC33C4

square

#DC9F33 #33DC4A #3370DC #DC33C4

split-complementary

#DC9F33 #33C4DC #4A33DC

monochromatic

#7F5916 #B37E1F #DC9F33 #E5B867 #EED09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DC9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#DC9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9F33

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9F33	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbb72',
    500: '#dc9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9f33;
$custom-light: #ecbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.343,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74321,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9F33

secondary

#91ABDA

accent

#7BED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9F33

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

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