#DC8E57#DC8E57

#DC8E57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E57
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 24.30, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 47.79, 59.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0684 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.119 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9113, 35.2535, 13.6649)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E57 #57A5DC

analogous

#DC5762 #DC8E57 #DCD057

triadic

#DC8E57 #57DC8E #8E57DC

tetradic

#DC8E57 #62DC57 #57A5DC #D057DC

square

#DC8E57 #62DC57 #57A5DC #D057DC

split-complementary

#DC8E57 #57DCD0 #5762DC

monochromatic

#995220 #CB6D2A #DC8E57 #E7B08A #F1D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#DC8E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E57

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E57	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)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf88',
    500: '#dc8e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e57;
$custom-light: #ebaf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.812,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E57

secondary

#AECCE1

accent

#82CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E57

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

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