#DC8C50#DC8C50

#DC8C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8C50
RGB	rgb(220, 140, 80)
HSL	hsl(26, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 24.90, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 50.65, 60.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0692 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.124 56)
XYZ	xyz(40.3442, 34.5548, 12.1329)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8C50 #50A0DC

analogous

#DC505A #DC8C50 #DCD250

triadic

#DC8C50 #50DC8C #8C50DC

tetradic

#DC8C50 #5ADC50 #50A0DC #D250DC

square

#DC8C50 #5ADC50 #50A0DC #D250DC

split-complementary

#DC8C50 #50DCD2 #505ADC

monochromatic

#94501E #C76C28 #DC8C50 #E6AE83 #F0CFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DC8C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#DC8C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8C50

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8C50	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 140, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebae83',
    500: '#dc8c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8c50;
$custom-light: #ebae83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71096,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.34551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8C50

secondary

#A8C8DF

accent

#A0EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8C50

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

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