#DC8638#DC8638

#DC8638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.139 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8638
RGB	rgb(220, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 26.81, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 60.18, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0713 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.139 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7573, 32.5553, 7.9833)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8638 #388EDC

analogous

#DC383C #DC8638 #DCD838

triadic

#DC8638 #38DC86 #8638DC

tetradic

#DC8638 #3CDC38 #388EDC #D838DC

square

#DC8638 #3CDC38 #388EDC #D838DC

split-complementary

#DC8638 #38DCD8 #383CDC

monochromatic

#834A17 #B76820 #DC8638 #E5A66C #EEC5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#DC8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#DC8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8638

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8638	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	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)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.139 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda973',
    500: '#dc8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8638;
$custom-light: #eda973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.537,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69783,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8638

secondary

#95BADB

accent

#98ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181008

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8638

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

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