#DC8A43#DC8A43

#DC8A43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A43
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 25.21, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 55.86, 63.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0681 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.132 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6199, 33.8017, 9.7469)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A43 #4395DC

analogous

#DC4349 #DC8A43 #DCD743

triadic

#DC8A43 #43DC8A #8A43DC

tetradic

#DC8A43 #49DC43 #4395DC #D743DC

square

#DC8A43 #49DC43 #4395DC #D743DC

split-complementary

#DC8A43 #43DCD7 #4349DC

monochromatic

#8B4E1A #BE6B23 #DC8A43 #E6AA77 #EFCAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DC8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#DC8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A43

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A43	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac7a',
    500: '#dc8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a43;
$custom-light: #ecac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.843,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A43

secondary

#9EC0DD

accent

#9AEB3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A43

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

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