#DC8856#DC8856

#DC8856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.122 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8856
RGB	rgb(220, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 27.44, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 48.52, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0777 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.122 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0019, 33.4997, 13.1617)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8856 #56AADC

analogous

#DC5667 #DC8856 #DCCB56

triadic

#DC8856 #56DC88 #8856DC

tetradic

#DC8856 #67DC56 #56AADC #CB56DC

square

#DC8856 #67DC56 #56AADC #CB56DC

split-complementary

#DC8856 #56DCCB #5667DC

monochromatic

#984C20 #CB662A #DC8856 #E6AC89 #F1CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DC8856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#DC8856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8856

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8856	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)

#9F9151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.122 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebab87',
    500: '#dc8856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8856;
$custom-light: #ebab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70473,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8856

secondary

#ADCDE1

accent

#A9E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8856

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

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