#DC8451#DC8451

#DC8451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8451
RGB	rgb(220, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 29.23, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 50.75, 54.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0824 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.127 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2546, 32.3162, 11.9533)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8451 #51A9DC

analogous

#DC5164 #DC8451 #DCC951

triadic

#DC8451 #51DC84 #8451DC

tetradic

#DC8451 #64DC51 #51A9DC #C951DC

square

#DC8451 #64DC51 #51A9DC #C951DC

split-complementary

#DC8451 #51DCC9 #5164DC

monochromatic

#95491E #C86328 #DC8451 #E6A884 #F0CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#DC8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#DC8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8451

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8451	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca883',
    500: '#dc8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8451;
$custom-light: #eca883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.014,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8451

secondary

#A9CCE0

accent

#ABE93E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8451

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

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