#DC8A57#DC8A57

#DC8A57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A57
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 26.45, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 47.99, 56.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0749 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.12 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3268, 34.0845, 13.4701)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A57 #57A9DC

analogous

#DC5766 #DC8A57 #DCCD57

triadic

#DC8A57 #57DC8A #8A57DC

tetradic

#DC8A57 #66DC57 #57A9DC #CD57DC

square

#DC8A57 #66DC57 #57A9DC #CD57DC

split-complementary

#DC8A57 #57DCCD #5766DC

monochromatic

#994E20 #CB682A #DC8A57 #E7AD8A #F1D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DC8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#DC8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A57

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A57	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac87',
    500: '#dc8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a57;
$custom-light: #ebac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.008,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70837,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A57

secondary

#AECDE1

accent

#88CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A57

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

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