#DC8859#DC8859

#DC8859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8859
RGB	rgb(220, 136, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 27.66, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 47.39, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0788 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.121 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1254, 33.5490, 13.8117)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8859 #59ADDC

analogous

#DC596B #DC8859 #DCCA59

triadic

#DC8859 #59DC88 #8859DC

tetradic

#DC8859 #6BDC59 #59ADDC #CA59DC

square

#DC8859 #6BDC59 #59ADDC #CA59DC

split-complementary

#DC8859 #59DCCA #596BDC

monochromatic

#9A4C20 #CD652B #DC8859 #E7AC8C #F1D0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DC8859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#DC8859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8859

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8859	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 136, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebab89',
    500: '#dc8859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8859;
$custom-light: #ebab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70517,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8859

secondary

#AFCFE1

accent

#8CCD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8859

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

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