#DC8A51#DC8A51

#DC8A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A51
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 26.04, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 50.33, 58.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0727 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.124 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0918, 33.9905, 12.2324)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A51 #51A3DC

analogous

#DC515E #DC8A51 #DCCF51

triadic

#DC8A51 #51DC8A #8A51DC

tetradic

#DC8A51 #5EDC51 #51A3DC #CF51DC

square

#DC8A51 #5EDC51 #51A3DC #CF51DC

split-complementary

#DC8A51 #51DCCF #515EDC

monochromatic

#954F1E #C86A28 #DC8A51 #E6AC84 #F0CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DC8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#DC8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A51

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A51	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac83',
    500: '#dc8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a51;
$custom-light: #ecac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.604,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70756,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A51

secondary

#A9C9E0

accent

#A3E93E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A51

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

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