#DC8957#DC8957

#DC8957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.121 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8957
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 26.98, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 48.06, 55.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0765 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.121 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1840, 33.7989, 13.4225)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8957 #57AADC

analogous

#DC5768 #DC8957 #DCCB57

triadic

#DC8957 #57DC89 #8957DC

tetradic

#DC8957 #68DC57 #57AADC #CB57DC

square

#DC8957 #68DC57 #57AADC #CB57DC

split-complementary

#DC8957 #57DCCB #5768DC

monochromatic

#994D20 #CB672A #DC8957 #E7AD8A #F1D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#DC8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8957

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8957	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)

#A09253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.121 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac87',
    500: '#dc8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8957;
$custom-light: #ebac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.556,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70662,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8957

secondary

#AECEE1

accent

#89CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8957

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

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