#DC8A60#DC8A60

#DC8A60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A60
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(20, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 56.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 27.12, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 44.62, 52.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0782 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.115 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7177, 34.2408, 15.5288)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A60 #60B2DC

analogous

#DC6074 #DC8A60 #DCC860

triadic

#DC8A60 #60DC8A #8A60DC

tetradic

#DC8A60 #74DC60 #60B2DC #C860DC

square

#DC8A60 #74DC60 #60B2DC #C860DC

split-complementary

#DC8A60 #60DCC8 #6074DC

monochromatic

#9F4D23 #D1652E #DC8A60 #E7AF92 #F2D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DC8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DC8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A60

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A60	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac8e',
    500: '#dc8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a60;
$custom-light: #ebac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.323,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70973,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A60

secondary

#B5D3E3

accent

#8FCC1A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A60

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

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