#DC8857#DC8857

#DC8857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.122 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8857
RGB	rgb(220, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(22, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 27.51, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 48.14, 55.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0781 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.122 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0425, 33.5159, 13.3753)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8857 #57ABDC

analogous

#DC5769 #DC8857 #DCCA57

triadic

#DC8857 #57DC88 #8857DC

tetradic

#DC8857 #69DC57 #57ABDC #CA57DC

square

#DC8857 #69DC57 #57ABDC #CA57DC

split-complementary

#DC8857 #57DCCA #5769DC

monochromatic

#994C20 #CB662A #DC8857 #E7AC8A #F1D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DC8857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#DC8857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8857

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8857	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)

#9F9153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.122 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebab87',
    500: '#dc8857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8857;
$custom-light: #ebab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70488,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8857

secondary

#AECEE1

accent

#8BCD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8857

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

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