#DC8E3C#DC8E3C

#DC8E3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.134 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E3C
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 60)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 72.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 22.71, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 58.58, 67.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0597 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.134 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0069, 34.8917, 8.9019)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E3C #3C8ADC

analogous

#DC3E3C #DC8E3C #DADC3C

triadic

#DC8E3C #3CDC8E #8E3CDC

tetradic

#DC8E3C #3CDC3E #3C8ADC #DC3CDA

square

#DC8E3C #3CDC3E #3C8ADC #DC3CDA

split-complementary

#DC8E3C #3CDADC #3E3CDC

monochromatic

#865018 #BA6F21 #DC8E3C #E5AC70 #EFCAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DC8E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#DC8E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E3C

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E3C	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)

#A79532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.134 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf76',
    500: '#dc8e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e3c;
$custom-light: #ecaf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.75,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71237,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E3C

secondary

#98B9DC

accent

#92EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E3C

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

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