#DC8943#DC8943

#DC8943 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8943
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 67)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 25.74, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 55.88, 62.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0697 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.132 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4771, 33.5161, 9.6993)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8943 #4396DC

analogous

#DC434A #DC8943 #DCD643

triadic

#DC8943 #43DC89 #8943DC

tetradic

#DC8943 #4ADC43 #4396DC #D643DC

square

#DC8943 #4ADC43 #4396DC #D643DC

split-complementary

#DC8943 #43DCD6 #434ADC

monochromatic

#8B4E1A #BE6A23 #DC8943 #E6A977 #EFCAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#DC8943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#DC8943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8943

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8943	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)

#A2913B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac7a',
    500: '#dc8943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8943;
$custom-light: #ecac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.451,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70415,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8943

secondary

#9EC0DD

accent

#9BEB3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8943

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

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