#DC8E55#DC8E55

#DC8E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E55
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 24.16, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 48.59, 60.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0677 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.12 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8307, 35.2212, 13.2406)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E55 #55A3DC

analogous

#DC5560 #DC8E55 #DCD155

triadic

#DC8E55 #55DC8E #8E55DC

tetradic

#DC8E55 #60DC55 #55A3DC #D155DC

square

#DC8E55 #60DC55 #55A3DC #D155DC

split-complementary

#DC8E55 #55DCD1 #5560DC

monochromatic

#97521F #CA6D2A #DC8E55 #E6B088 #F1D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#DC8E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E55

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E55	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf86',
    500: '#dc8e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e55;
$custom-light: #ebaf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E55

secondary

#ACCAE0

accent

#A1E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E55

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

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