#DC8855#DC8855

#DC8855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8855
RGB	rgb(220, 136, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 27.37, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 48.90, 55.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0774 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.123 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9619, 33.4837, 12.9510)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8855 #55A9DC

analogous

#DC5565 #DC8855 #DCCC55

triadic

#DC8855 #55DC88 #8855DC

tetradic

#DC8855 #65DC55 #55A9DC #CC55DC

square

#DC8855 #65DC55 #55A9DC #CC55DC

split-complementary

#DC8855 #55DCCC #5565DC

monochromatic

#974D1F #CA662A #DC8855 #E6AC88 #F1CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DC8855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#DC8855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8855

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8855	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 136, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebab86',
    500: '#dc8855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8855;
$custom-light: #ebab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70459,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8855

secondary

#ACCDE0

accent

#A9E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8855

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

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