#DC8A5E#DC8A5E

#DC8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A5E
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 26.97, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 45.35, 53.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0774 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.117 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6268, 34.2045, 15.0500)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A5E #5EB0DC

analogous

#DC5E71 #DC8A5E #DCC95E

triadic

#DC8A5E #5EDC8A #8A5EDC

tetradic

#DC8A5E #71DC5E #5EB0DC #C95EDC

square

#DC8A5E #71DC5E #5EB0DC #C95EDC

split-complementary

#DC8A5E #5EDCC9 #5E71DC

monochromatic

#9D4D22 #D0662D #DC8A5E #E7AF90 #F2D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DC8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#DC8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A5E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A5E	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac8c',
    500: '#dc8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a5e;
$custom-light: #ebac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.952,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70941,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A5E

secondary

#B3D2E2

accent

#8ECC19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A5E

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

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