#DC8B5E#DC8B5E

#DC8B5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8B5E
RGB	rgb(220, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 26.43, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 45.26, 54.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0758 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.116 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7709, 34.4927, 15.0980)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8B5E #5EAFDC

analogous

#DC5E70 #DC8B5E #DCCA5E

triadic

#DC8B5E #5EDC8B #8B5EDC

tetradic

#DC8B5E #70DC5E #5EAFDC #CA5EDC

square

#DC8B5E #70DC5E #5EAFDC #CA5EDC

split-complementary

#DC8B5E #5EDCCA #5E70DC

monochromatic

#9D4E22 #D0672D #DC8B5E #E7AF90 #F2D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DC8B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DC8B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8B5E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8B5E	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)

#A1945A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebad8c',
    500: '#dc8b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8b5e;
$custom-light: #ebad8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71117,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8B5E

secondary

#B3D2E2

accent

#8CCC19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8B5E

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

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