#DC8E50#DC8E50

#DC8E50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.123 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E50
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 23.83, 44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 50.60, 61.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0659 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.123 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6391, 35.1446, 12.2312)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E50 #509EDC

analogous

#DC5058 #DC8E50 #DCD450

triadic

#DC8E50 #50DC8E #8E50DC

tetradic

#DC8E50 #58DC50 #509EDC #D450DC

square

#DC8E50 #58DC50 #509EDC #D450DC

split-complementary

#DC8E50 #50DCD4 #5058DC

monochromatic

#94521E #C76E28 #DC8E50 #E6AF83 #F0D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DC8E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#DC8E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E50

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E50	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.123 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf83',
    500: '#dc8e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e50;
$custom-light: #ebaf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71453,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E50

secondary

#A8C7DF

accent

#9EEA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E50

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

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