#DC8E4C#DC8E4C

#DC8E4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E4C
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 76)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 65.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 23.58, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 52.22, 63.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0646 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.125 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4956, 35.0872, 11.4759)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E4C #4C9ADC

analogous

#DC4C52 #DC8E4C #DCD64C

triadic

#DC8E4C #4CDC8E #8E4CDC

tetradic

#DC8E4C #52DC4C #4C9ADC #D64CDC

square

#DC8E4C #52DC4C #4C9ADC #D64CDC

split-complementary

#DC8E4C #4CDCD6 #4C52DC

monochromatic

#91521C #C46F26 #DC8E4C #E6AE7F #F0CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DC8E4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E4C

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E4C	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf80',
    500: '#dc8e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e4c;
$custom-light: #ecaf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71404,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E4C

secondary

#A5C4DF

accent

#9BEA3E

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF4EE

border

#D6CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E4C

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

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