#DC8A61#DC8A61

#DC8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A61
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(20, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 55.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 27.20, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 44.25, 52.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0786 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.115 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7640, 34.2594, 15.7728)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A61 #61B3DC

analogous

#DC6176 #DC8A61 #DCC861

triadic

#DC8A61 #61DC8A #8A61DC

tetradic

#DC8A61 #76DC61 #61B3DC #C861DC

square

#DC8A61 #76DC61 #61B3DC #C861DC

split-complementary

#DC8A61 #61DCC8 #6176DC

monochromatic

#9F4D23 #D1652F #DC8A61 #E7AF93 #F2D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DC8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A61

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A61	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A0935E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac8e',
    500: '#dc8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a61;
$custom-light: #ebac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70989,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A61

secondary

#B6D4E3

accent

#90CC1A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A61

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

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