#DC8657#DC8657

#DC8657 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8657
RGB	rgb(220, 134, 87)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 28.58, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 48.32, 53.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0813 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.123 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7635, 32.9578, 13.2823)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8657 #57ADDC

analogous

#DC576A #DC8657 #DCC857

triadic

#DC8657 #57DC86 #8657DC

tetradic

#DC8657 #6ADC57 #57ADDC #C857DC

square

#DC8657 #6ADC57 #57ADDC #C857DC

split-complementary

#DC8657 #57DCC8 #576ADC

monochromatic

#994B20 #CB632A #DC8657 #E7AA8A #F1CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#DC8657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#DC8657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8657

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8657	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 134, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaa87',
    500: '#dc8657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8657;
$custom-light: #ebaa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.203,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70141,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8657

secondary

#AECFE1

accent

#8DCD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8657

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

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