#DC8550#DC8550

#DC8550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8550
RGB	rgb(220, 133, 80)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 28.64, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 51.04, 55.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0804 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.127 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3537, 32.5738, 11.8027)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8550 #50A7DC

analogous

#DC5061 #DC8550 #DCCB50

triadic

#DC8550 #50DC85 #8550DC

tetradic

#DC8550 #61DC50 #50A7DC #CB50DC

square

#DC8550 #61DC50 #50A7DC #CB50DC

split-complementary

#DC8550 #50DCCB #5061DC

monochromatic

#944A1E #C76428 #DC8550 #E6A983 #F0CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#DC8550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#DC8550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8550

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8550	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 133, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca982',
    500: '#dc8550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8550;
$custom-light: #eca982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69871,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8550

secondary

#A8CBDF

accent

#A9EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8550

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

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