#DC8A39#DC8A39

#DC8A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.137 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A39
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 74.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 24.72, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 59.72, 65.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0652 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.137 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3454, 33.6919, 8.3012)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A39 #398BDC

analogous

#DC393A #DC8A39 #DCDC39

triadic

#DC8A39 #39DC8A #8A39DC

tetradic

#DC8A39 #3ADC39 #398BDC #DC39DC

square

#DC8A39 #3ADC39 #398BDC #DC39DC

split-complementary

#DC8A39 #39DCDC #393ADC

monochromatic

#834D17 #B76B20 #DC8A39 #E5A96D #EEC7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#DC8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A39

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A39	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)

#A3922F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac74',
    500: '#dc8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a39;
$custom-light: #edac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.816,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70496,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A39

secondary

#96B9DB

accent

#94ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A39

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

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