#DC8939#DC8939

#DC8939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8939
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 25.25, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 59.73, 64.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0668 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.137 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2026, 33.4063, 8.2536)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8939 #398CDC

analogous

#DC393B #DC8939 #DCDB39

triadic

#DC8939 #39DC89 #8939DC

tetradic

#DC8939 #3BDC39 #398CDC #DB39DC

square

#DC8939 #3BDC39 #398CDC #DB39DC

split-complementary

#DC8939 #39DCDB #393BDC

monochromatic

#834C17 #B76B20 #DC8939 #E5A86D #EEC7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DC8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#DC8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8939

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8939	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edab74',
    500: '#dc8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8939;
$custom-light: #edab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.448,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70318,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8939

secondary

#96B9DB

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8939

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

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