#DC8E5B#DC8E5B

#DC8E5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E5B
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(24, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 24.60, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 46.22, 57.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0699 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.116 53)
XYZ	xyz(41.0793, 35.3206, 14.5496)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E5B #5BA9DC

analogous

#DC5B68 #DC8E5B #DCCE5B

triadic

#DC8E5B #5BDC8E #8E5BDC

tetradic

#DC8E5B #68DC5B #5BA9DC #CE5BDC

square

#DC8E5B #68DC5B #5BA9DC #CE5BDC

split-complementary

#DC8E5B #5BDCCE #5B68DC

monochromatic

#9B5221 #CE6C2C #DC8E5B #E7B18D #F2D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DC8E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#DC8E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E5B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E5B	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#A49657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf8a',
    500: '#dc8e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e5b;
$custom-light: #ebaf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.721,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71602,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.35317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E5B

secondary

#B1CEE2

accent

#86CD19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E5B

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

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