#DC8B50#DC8B50

#DC8B50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8B50
RGB	rgb(220, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 25.44, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 50.68, 59.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0708 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.124 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1987, 34.2639, 12.0844)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8B50 #50A1DC

analogous

#DC505B #DC8B50 #DCD150

triadic

#DC8B50 #50DC8B #8B50DC

tetradic

#DC8B50 #5BDC50 #50A1DC #D150DC

square

#DC8B50 #5BDC50 #50A1DC #D150DC

split-complementary

#DC8B50 #50DCD1 #505BDC

monochromatic

#944F1E #C76B28 #DC8B50 #E6AD83 #F0CFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DC8B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8B50

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8B50	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)

#A3934A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad83',
    500: '#dc8b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8b50;
$custom-light: #ecad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70919,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8B50

secondary

#A8C8DF

accent

#A1EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8B50

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

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