#DC8A55#DC8A55

#DC8A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A55
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(24, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(24, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 26.31, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 48.77, 57.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0741 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.122 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2462, 34.0523, 13.0457)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A55 #55A7DC

analogous

#DC5563 #DC8A55 #DCCE55

triadic

#DC8A55 #55DC8A #8A55DC

tetradic

#DC8A55 #63DC55 #55A7DC #CE55DC

square

#DC8A55 #63DC55 #55A7DC #CE55DC

split-complementary

#DC8A55 #55DCCE #5563DC

monochromatic

#974E1F #CA692A #DC8A55 #E6AD88 #F1D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DC8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#DC8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A55

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A55	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac86',
    500: '#dc8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a55;
$custom-light: #ebac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70809,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A55

secondary

#ACCCE0

accent

#A6E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A55

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

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