#DC8E56#DC8E56

#DC8E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E56
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 24.23, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 48.19, 59.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.068 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.119 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8707, 35.2372, 13.4513)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E56 #56A4DC

analogous

#DC5661 #DC8E56 #DCD156

triadic

#DC8E56 #56DC8E #8E56DC

tetradic

#DC8E56 #61DC56 #56A4DC #D156DC

square

#DC8E56 #61DC56 #56A4DC #D156DC

split-complementary

#DC8E56 #56DCD1 #5661DC

monochromatic

#985220 #CB6D2A #DC8E56 #E6B089 #F1D2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#DC8E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E56

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E56	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf87',
    500: '#dc8e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e56;
$custom-light: #ebaf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.075,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E56

secondary

#ADCBE1

accent

#A2E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E56

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

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