#DC8251#DC8251

#DC8251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.128 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8251
RGB	rgb(220, 130, 81)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 30.30, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 50.94, 53.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0856 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.128 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9860, 31.7789, 11.8638)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8251 #51ABDC

analogous

#DC5166 #DC8251 #DCC851

triadic

#DC8251 #51DC82 #8251DC

tetradic

#DC8251 #66DC51 #51ABDC #C851DC

square

#DC8251 #66DC51 #51ABDC #C851DC

split-complementary

#DC8251 #51DCC8 #5166DC

monochromatic

#95481E #C86028 #DC8251 #E6A784 #F0CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#DC8251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#DC8251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8251

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8251	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 130, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.128 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca783',
    500: '#dc8251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8251;
$custom-light: #eca783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.151,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69371,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8251

secondary

#A9CCE0

accent

#ADE93E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#170F0B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8251

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

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