#DC8951#DC8951

#DC8951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8951
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 26.57, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 50.38, 58.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0743 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.124 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9490, 33.7049, 12.1848)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8951 #51A4DC

analogous

#DC515F #DC8951 #DCCF51

triadic

#DC8951 #51DC89 #8951DC

tetradic

#DC8951 #5FDC51 #51A4DC #CF51DC

square

#DC8951 #5FDC51 #51A4DC #CF51DC

split-complementary

#DC8951 #51DCCF #515FDC

monochromatic

#954E1E #C86828 #DC8951 #E6AC84 #F0CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#DC8951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8951

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8951	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1924C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac83',
    500: '#dc8951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8951;
$custom-light: #ecac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.173,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7058,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8951

secondary

#A9CAE0

accent

#A5E93E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8951

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

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