#DC8955#DC8955

#DC8955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8955
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 26.84, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 48.83, 56.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0757 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.122 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1034, 33.7666, 12.9981)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8955 #55A8DC

analogous

#DC5565 #DC8955 #DCCD55

triadic

#DC8955 #55DC89 #8955DC

tetradic

#DC8955 #65DC55 #55A8DC #CD55DC

square

#DC8955 #65DC55 #55A8DC #CD55DC

split-complementary

#DC8955 #55DCCD #5565DC

monochromatic

#974D1F #CA672A #DC8955 #E6AC88 #F1CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#DC8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8955

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8955	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac86',
    500: '#dc8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8955;
$custom-light: #ebac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70634,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8955

secondary

#ACCCE0

accent

#A7E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8955

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

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