#DC8A38#DC8A38

#DC8A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.137 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A38
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 24.68, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 60.09, 65.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0649 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.137 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3207, 33.6820, 8.1711)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A38 #388ADC

analogous

#DC3838 #DC8A38 #DCDC38

triadic

#DC8A38 #38DC8A #8A38DC

tetradic

#DC8A38 #38DC38 #388ADC #DC38DC

square

#DC8A38 #38DC38 #388ADC #DC38DC

split-complementary

#DC8A38 #38DCDC #3838DC

monochromatic

#834D17 #B76B20 #DC8A38 #E5A96C #EEC7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#DC8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A38

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A38	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)

#A3922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac73',
    500: '#dc8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a38;
$custom-light: #edac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70487,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A38

secondary

#95B8DB

accent

#94ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A38

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

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