#DC8C43#DC8C43

#DC8C43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.131 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8C43
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 67)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 24.14, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 55.83, 64.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0649 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.131 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9095, 34.3809, 9.8434)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8C43 #4393DC

analogous

#DC4347 #DC8C43 #DCD843

triadic

#DC8C43 #43DC8C #8C43DC

tetradic

#DC8C43 #47DC43 #4393DC #D843DC

square

#DC8C43 #47DC43 #4393DC #D843DC

split-complementary

#DC8C43 #43DCD8 #4347DC

monochromatic

#8B501A #BE6D23 #DC8C43 #E6AC77 #EFCBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DC8C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#DC8C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8C43

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8C43	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4933B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.131 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecae7a',
    500: '#dc8c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8c43;
$custom-light: #ecae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.627,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8C43

secondary

#9EBFDD

accent

#98EB3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8C43

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

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