#DC8A56#DC8A56

#DC8A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A56
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 26.38, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 48.38, 56.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0745 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.121 52)
XYZ	xyz(40.2862, 34.0683, 13.2564)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A56 #56A8DC

analogous

#DC5665 #DC8A56 #DCCD56

triadic

#DC8A56 #56DC8A #8A56DC

tetradic

#DC8A56 #65DC56 #56A8DC #CD56DC

square

#DC8A56 #65DC56 #56A8DC #CD56DC

split-complementary

#DC8A56 #56DCCD #5665DC

monochromatic

#984E20 #CB682A #DC8A56 #E6AD89 #F1D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DC8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#DC8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A56

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A56	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)

#A19351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac87',
    500: '#dc8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a56;
$custom-light: #ebac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.34064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A56

secondary

#ADCDE1

accent

#A7E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A56

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

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