#DC8557#DC8557

#DC8557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8557
RGB	rgb(220, 133, 87)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 29.11, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 48.42, 53.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0829 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.123 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6259, 32.6827, 13.2365)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8557 #57AEDC

analogous

#DC576B #DC8557 #DCC757

triadic

#DC8557 #57DC85 #8557DC

tetradic

#DC8557 #6BDC57 #57AEDC #C757DC

square

#DC8557 #6BDC57 #57AEDC #C757DC

split-complementary

#DC8557 #57DCC7 #576BDC

monochromatic

#994A20 #CB622A #DC8557 #E7AA8A #F1CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#DC8557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#DC8557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8557

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8557	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF757A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 133, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eba987',
    500: '#dc8557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8557;
$custom-light: #eba987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.752,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8557

secondary

#AECFE1

accent

#8FCD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8557

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

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