#DC8A62#DC8A62

#DC8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A62
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(20, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 55.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 27.28, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 43.90, 51.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.079 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.114 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8109, 34.2781, 16.0199)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A62 #62B4DC

analogous

#DC6277 #DC8A62 #DCC762

triadic

#DC8A62 #62DC8A #8A62DC

tetradic

#DC8A62 #77DC62 #62B4DC #C762DC

square

#DC8A62 #77DC62 #62B4DC #C762DC

split-complementary

#DC8A62 #62DCC7 #6277DC

monochromatic

#A04C24 #D16530 #DC8A62 #E7AF94 #F2D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DC8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A62

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A62	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)

#A0935F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac8f',
    500: '#dc8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a62;
$custom-light: #ebac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.672,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A62

secondary

#B7D5E3

accent

#91CB1A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A62

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

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