#DC9F43#DC9F43

#DC9F43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC9F43
RGB	rgb(220, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 13.94, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 56.89, 75.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0348 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.129 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9293, 40.4206, 10.8501)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC9F43 #4380DC

analogous

#DC5343 #DC9F43 #CDDC43

triadic

#DC9F43 #43DC9F #9F43DC

tetradic

#DC9F43 #43DC53 #4380DC #DC43CD

square

#DC9F43 #43DC53 #4380DC #DC43CD

split-complementary

#DC9F43 #43CDDC #5343DC

monochromatic

#8B5E1A #BE8123 #DC9F43 #E6B977 #EFD4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DC9F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DC9F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC9F43

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC9F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC9F43	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc9f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbb7c',
    500: '#dc9f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc9f43;
$custom-light: #ebbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc9f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.078,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC9F43

secondary

#9EB7DD

accent

#82EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC9F43

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

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