#DC8A3C#DC8A3C

#DC8A3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.135 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A3C
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 24.86, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 58.58, 64.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.066 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.135 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4224, 33.7227, 8.7071)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A3C #3C8EDC

analogous

#DC3C3E #DC8A3C #DCDA3C

triadic

#DC8A3C #3CDC8A #8A3CDC

tetradic

#DC8A3C #3EDC3C #3C8EDC #DA3CDC

square

#DC8A3C #3EDC3C #3C8EDC #DA3CDC

split-complementary

#DC8A3C #3CDCDA #3C3EDC

monochromatic

#864D18 #BA6B21 #DC8A3C #E5A970 #EFC8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#DC8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A3C

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A3C	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)

#A39233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.135 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac76',
    500: '#dc8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a3c;
$custom-light: #ecac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A3C

secondary

#98BBDC

accent

#96EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A3C

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

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