#DC8E4A#DC8E4A

#DC8E4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E4A
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 74)
HSL	hsl(28, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 23.46, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 53.02, 63.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0639 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.126 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4272, 35.0598, 11.1153)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E4A #4A98DC

analogous

#DC4A4F #DC8E4A #DCD74A

triadic

#DC8E4A #4ADC8E #8E4ADC

tetradic

#DC8E4A #4FDC4A #4A98DC #D74ADC

square

#DC8E4A #4FDC4A #4A98DC #D74ADC

split-complementary

#DC8E4A #4ADCD7 #4A4FDC

monochromatic

#90521C #C36F26 #DC8E4A #E6AE7D #F0CEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#DC8E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E4A

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E4A	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)

#A69543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf7f',
    500: '#dc8e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e4a;
$custom-light: #ecaf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.945,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71381,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E4A

secondary

#A4C3DE

accent

#9AEA3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF4EE

border

#D6CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E4A

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

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