#DC8956#DC8956

#DC8956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8956
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 26.91, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 48.45, 56.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0761 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.122 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1434, 33.7826, 13.2088)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8956 #56A9DC

analogous

#DC5666 #DC8956 #DCCC56

triadic

#DC8956 #56DC89 #8956DC

tetradic

#DC8956 #66DC56 #56A9DC #CC56DC

square

#DC8956 #66DC56 #56A9DC #CC56DC

split-complementary

#DC8956 #56DCCC #5666DC

monochromatic

#984D20 #CB672A #DC8956 #E6AC89 #F1D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#DC8956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8956

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8956	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac87',
    500: '#dc8956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8956;
$custom-light: #ebac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.836,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70648,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8956

secondary

#ADCDE1

accent

#A8E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8956

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

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