#DC8E59#DC8E59

#DC8E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E59
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(24, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 24.45, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 47.00, 58.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0691 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.117 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9941, 35.2866, 14.1012)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E59 #59A7DC

analogous

#DC5965 #DC8E59 #DCD059

triadic

#DC8E59 #59DC8E #8E59DC

tetradic

#DC8E59 #65DC59 #59A7DC #D059DC

square

#DC8E59 #65DC59 #59A7DC #D059DC

split-complementary

#DC8E59 #59DCD0 #5965DC

monochromatic

#9A5220 #CD6C2B #DC8E59 #E7B08C #F1D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#DC8E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E59

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E59	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf89',
    500: '#dc8e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e59;
$custom-light: #ebaf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.275,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71574,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E59

secondary

#AFCDE1

accent

#84CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E59

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

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