#DC8B38#DC8B38

#DC8B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.137 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8B38
RGB	rgb(220, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 24.14, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 60.09, 66.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0633 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.137 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4648, 33.9703, 8.2191)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8B38 #3889DC

analogous

#DC3938 #DC8B38 #DBDC38

triadic

#DC8B38 #38DC8B #8B38DC

tetradic

#DC8B38 #38DC39 #3889DC #DC38DB

square

#DC8B38 #38DC39 #3889DC #DC38DB

split-complementary

#DC8B38 #38DBDC #3938DC

monochromatic

#834D17 #B76C20 #DC8B38 #E5A96C #EEC8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DC8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#DC8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8B38

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8B38	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.137 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad73',
    500: '#dc8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8b38;
$custom-light: #edad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.366,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70665,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8B38

secondary

#95B7DB

accent

#93ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8B38

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

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