#DC8B57#DC8B57

#DC8B57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8B57
RGB	rgb(220, 139, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 25.91, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 47.93, 57.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0732 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.12 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4709, 34.3727, 13.5182)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8B57 #57A8DC

analogous

#DC5765 #DC8B57 #DCCE57

triadic

#DC8B57 #57DC8B #8B57DC

tetradic

#DC8B57 #65DC57 #57A8DC #CE57DC

square

#DC8B57 #65DC57 #57A8DC #CE57DC

split-complementary

#DC8B57 #57DCCE #5765DC

monochromatic

#994F20 #CB692A #DC8B57 #E7AE8A #F1D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#DC8B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8B57

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8B57	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 139, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebad87',
    500: '#dc8b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8b57;
$custom-light: #ebad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.459,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71013,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8B57

secondary

#AECDE1

accent

#87CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8B57

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

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