#DC8040#DC8040

#DC8040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.138 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8040
RGB	rgb(220, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(25, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 30.37, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 57.51, 58.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0831 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.138 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1630, 31.0282, 8.8288)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8040 #409CDC

analogous

#DC404E #DC8040 #DCCE40

triadic

#DC8040 #40DC80 #8040DC

tetradic

#DC8040 #4EDC40 #409CDC #CE40DC

square

#DC8040 #4EDC40 #409CDC #CE40DC

split-complementary

#DC8040 #40DCCE #404EDC

monochromatic

#894719 #BC6223 #DC8040 #E5A274 #EFC5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#DC8040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#DC8040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8040

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8040	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F06D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.138 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda578',
    500: '#dc8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8040;
$custom-light: #eda578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.615,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68827,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8040

secondary

#9BC2DC

accent

#A4EC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#170F09

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8040

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

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