#DC8551#DC8551

#DC8551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DC8551
RGBrgb(220, 133, 81)
HSLhsl(22, 67%, 59%)
HSVhsv(22, 63%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 39.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.83, 28.70, 41.75)
CIE-LCHlch(63.83, 50.66, 55.49°)
OKLaboklab(69.88% 0.0808 0.0974)
OKLCHoklch(69.88% 0.127 50.4)
XYZxyz(39.3909, 32.5887, 11.9987)
Luminance0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DC8551 #51A8DC
analogous
#DC5163 #DC8551 #DCCB51
triadic
#DC8551 #51DC85 #8551DC
tetradic
#DC8551 #63DC51 #51A8DC #CB51DC
square
#DC8551 #63DC51 #51A8DC #CB51DC
split-complementary
#DC8551 #51DCCB #5163DC
monochromatic
#954A1E #C86428 #DC8551 #E6A984 #F0CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#DC8551 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52
#DC8551 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8551
7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DC8551#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DC85511.002.797.527.52
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5221.001.001.00
##0000007.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9D8F4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A251
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EF7479
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dc8551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 133, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 50.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca983',
    500: '#dc8551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dc8551;
$custom-light: #eca983;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dc8551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.446,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DC8551
secondary
#A9CBE0
accent
#A9E93E
background
#FFFAF8
surface
#FEF4EF
border
#D6CECA
text
#17100B
muted
#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8551

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#DC8551 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva