#DC8C46#DC8C46

#DC8C46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8C46
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 70)
HSL	hsl(28, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 68.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 24.30, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 54.64, 63.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0658 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.129 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0018, 34.4178, 10.3298)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8C46 #4696DC

analogous

#DC464B #DC8C46 #DCD746

triadic

#DC8C46 #46DC8C #8C46DC

tetradic

#DC8C46 #4BDC46 #4696DC #D746DC

square

#DC8C46 #4BDC46 #4696DC #D746DC

split-complementary

#DC8C46 #46DCD7 #464BDC

monochromatic

#8D501B #C06D24 #DC8C46 #E6AC79 #EFCCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DC8C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#DC8C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8C46

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8C46	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#A4943F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecae7c',
    500: '#dc8c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8c46;
$custom-light: #ecae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8C46

secondary

#A0C1DD

accent

#9AEB3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF4EE

border

#D6CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8C46

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

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