#DC8E4E#DC8E4E

#DC8E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.124 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E4E
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 23.70, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 51.41, 62.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0653 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.124 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5663, 35.1154, 11.8478)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E4E #4E9CDC

analogous

#DC4E55 #DC8E4E #DCD54E

triadic

#DC8E4E #4EDC8E #8E4EDC

tetradic

#DC8E4E #55DC4E #4E9CDC #D54EDC

square

#DC8E4E #55DC4E #4E9CDC #D54EDC

split-complementary

#DC8E4E #4EDCD5 #4E55DC

monochromatic

#93521D #C66F27 #DC8E4E #E6AF81 #F0CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DC8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E4E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E4E	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)

#A59548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.124 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf82',
    500: '#dc8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e4e;
$custom-light: #ecaf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.042,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E4E

secondary

#A7C6DF

accent

#9CEA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E4E

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

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