#DC8A59#DC8A59

#DC8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A59
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 26.59, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 47.23, 55.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0756 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.119 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4097, 34.1176, 13.9064)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A59 #59ABDC

analogous

#DC5969 #DC8A59 #DCCC59

triadic

#DC8A59 #59DC8A #8A59DC

tetradic

#DC8A59 #69DC59 #59ABDC #CC59DC

square

#DC8A59 #69DC59 #59ABDC #CC59DC

split-complementary

#DC8A59 #59DCCC #5969DC

monochromatic

#9A4E20 #CD682B #DC8A59 #E7AE8C #F1D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DC8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#DC8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A59

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A59	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#A19355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac89',
    500: '#dc8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a59;
$custom-light: #ebac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.443,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70866,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A59

secondary

#AFCFE1

accent

#89CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A59

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

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