#DC8E3B#DC8E3B

#DC8E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E3B
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 59)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 73.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 22.67, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 58.96, 67.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0594 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.135 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9807, 34.8812, 8.7640)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E3B #3B89DC

analogous

#DC3E3B #DC8E3B #D9DC3B

triadic

#DC8E3B #3BDC8E #8E3BDC

tetradic

#DC8E3B #3BDC3E #3B89DC #DC3BD9

square

#DC8E3B #3BDC3E #3B89DC #DC3BD9

split-complementary

#DC8E3B #3BD9DC #3E3BDC

monochromatic

#855018 #B96F21 #DC8E3B #E5AC6F #EFCAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DC8E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#DC8E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E3B

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E3B	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf75',
    500: '#dc8e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e3b;
$custom-light: #ecaf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.932,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71228,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E3B

secondary

#97B8DB

accent

#91ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E3B

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

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