#DC8A3B#DC8A3B

#DC8A3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.136 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A3B
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 73.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 24.81, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 58.96, 65.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0657 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.136 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3963, 33.7123, 8.5692)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A3B #3B8DDC

analogous

#DC3B3D #DC8A3B #DCDB3B

triadic

#DC8A3B #3BDC8A #8A3BDC

tetradic

#DC8A3B #3DDC3B #3B8DDC #DB3BDC

square

#DC8A3B #3DDC3B #3B8DDC #DB3BDC

split-complementary

#DC8A3B #3BDCDB #3B3DDC

monochromatic

#854D18 #B96B21 #DC8A3B #E5A96F #EFC8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#DC8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A3B

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A3B	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)

#A39231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.136 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac75',
    500: '#dc8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a3b;
$custom-light: #edac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.441,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70513,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A3B

secondary

#97BADB

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A3B

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

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