#DC8E49#DC8E49

#DC8E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E49
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 23.40, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 53.43, 64.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0636 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.127 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3938, 35.0464, 10.9393)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E49 #4997DC

analogous

#DC494E #DC8E49 #DCD749

triadic

#DC8E49 #49DC8E #8E49DC

tetradic

#DC8E49 #4EDC49 #4997DC #D749DC

square

#DC8E49 #4EDC49 #4997DC #D749DC

split-complementary

#DC8E49 #49DCD7 #494EDC

monochromatic

#8F521C #C26F25 #DC8E49 #E6AE7C #F0CEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#DC8E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E49

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E49	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf7e',
    500: '#dc8e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e49;
$custom-light: #ecaf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.163,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71369,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E49

secondary

#A3C2DE

accent

#99EB3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF4EE

border

#D6CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E49

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

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