#DC8965#DC8965

#DC8965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8965
RGB	rgb(220, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 28.07, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 42.97, 49.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0817 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.114 44)
XYZ	xyz(40.8124, 34.0502, 16.7323)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8965 #65B8DC

analogous

#DC657C #DC8965 #DCC465

triadic

#DC8965 #65DC89 #8965DC

tetradic

#DC8965 #7CDC65 #65B8DC #C465DC

square

#DC8965 #7CDC65 #65B8DC #C465DC

split-complementary

#DC8965 #65DCC4 #657CDC

monochromatic

#A24B25 #D16333 #DC8965 #E7AF97 #F3D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DC8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#DC8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8965

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8965	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac91',
    500: '#dc8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8965;
$custom-light: #ebac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.151,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.34047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8965

secondary

#B9D7E4

accent

#95CB1B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8965

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

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