#DC8E51#DC8E51

#DC8E51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.122 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E51
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 81)
HSL	hsl(26, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 23.90, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 50.20, 61.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0663 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.122 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6763, 35.1594, 12.4272)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E51 #519FDC

analogous

#DC515A #DC8E51 #DCD451

triadic

#DC8E51 #51DC8E #8E51DC

tetradic

#DC8E51 #5ADC51 #519FDC #D451DC

square

#DC8E51 #5ADC51 #519FDC #D451DC

split-complementary

#DC8E51 #51DCD4 #515ADC

monochromatic

#95521E #C86E28 #DC8E51 #E6AF84 #F0D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#DC8E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E51

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E51	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#A5964B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.122 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf84',
    500: '#dc8e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e51;
$custom-light: #ebaf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.331,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71465,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E51

secondary

#A9C8E0

accent

#9EE93E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E51

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

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