#DC8A6D#DC8A6D

#DC8A6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8A6D
RGB	rgb(220, 138, 109)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 28.23, 28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 40.20, 45.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0832 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.109 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3665, 34.5003, 18.9456)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8A6D #6DBFDC

analogous

#DC6D88 #DC8A6D #DCC26D

triadic

#DC8A6D #6DDC8A #8A6DDC

tetradic

#DC8A6D #88DC6D #6DBFDC #C26DDC

square

#DC8A6D #88DC6D #6DBFDC #C26DDC

split-complementary

#DC8A6D #6DDCC2 #6D88DC

monochromatic

#A74928 #D0623C #DC8A6D #E8B29E #F4D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DC8A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DC8A6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8A6D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8A6D	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F946B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 138, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaad97',
    500: '#dc8a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8a6d;
$custom-light: #eaad97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.676,
    "s": 61.326,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8A6D

secondary

#BFDCE6

accent

#9CC91C

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8A6D

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

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