#DC8A69#DC8A69

#DC8A69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A69
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 105)
HSL	hsl(17, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 52.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 27.87, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 41.48, 47.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0817 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.111 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1560, 34.4162, 17.8373)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A69 #69BBDC

analogous

#DC6981 #DC8A69 #DCC369

triadic

#DC8A69 #69DC8A #8A69DC

tetradic

#DC8A69 #81DC69 #69BBDC #C369DC

square

#DC8A69 #81DC69 #69BBDC #C369DC

split-complementary

#DC8A69 #69DCC3 #6981DC

monochromatic

#A44A26 #D06337 #DC8A69 #E8B19B #F3D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DC8A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#DC8A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A69

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A69	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaad94',
    500: '#dc8a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a69;
$custom-light: #eaad94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71124,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A69

secondary

#BCD9E5

accent

#98CA1C

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F1

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A69

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

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