#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
RGB	rgb(220, 133, 81)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 28.70, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 50.66, 55.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0808 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.127 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3909, 32.5887, 11.9987)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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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
##DC8551	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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