#DC8A63#DC8A63

#DC8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A63
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(19, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 55%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 27.37, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 43.54, 51.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0793 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.114 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8585, 34.2971, 16.2701)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A63 #63B5DC

analogous

#DC6378 #DC8A63 #DCC763

triadic

#DC8A63 #63DC8A #8A63DC

tetradic

#DC8A63 #78DC63 #63B5DC #C763DC

square

#DC8A63 #78DC63 #63B5DC #C763DC

split-complementary

#DC8A63 #63DCC7 #6378DC

monochromatic

#A14C24 #D16531 #DC8A63 #E7AF95 #F2D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#DC8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A63

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A63	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac90',
    500: '#dc8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a63;
$custom-light: #ebac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.339,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71022,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A63

secondary

#B7D5E3

accent

#92CB1A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A63

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

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