#DC8C4E#DC8C4E

#DC8C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8C4E
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(26, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 24.77, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 51.45, 61.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0685 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.125 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2714, 34.5256, 11.7495)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8C4E #4E9EDC

analogous

#DC4E57 #DC8C4E #DCD34E

triadic

#DC8C4E #4EDC8C #8C4EDC

tetradic

#DC8C4E #57DC4E #4E9EDC #D34EDC

square

#DC8C4E #57DC4E #4E9EDC #D34EDC

split-complementary

#DC8C4E #4EDCD3 #4E57DC

monochromatic

#93501D #C66C27 #DC8C4E #E6AD81 #F0CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DC8C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DC8C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8C4E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8C4E	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)

#A49448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecae81',
    500: '#dc8c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8c4e;
$custom-light: #ecae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8C4E

secondary

#A7C6DF

accent

#9FEA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8C4E

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

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