#DC8E5C#DC8E5C

#DC8E5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E5C
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 92)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 24.67, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 45.82, 57.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0702 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.116 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1227, 35.3380, 14.7783)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E5C #5CAADC

analogous

#DC5C6A #DC8E5C #DCCE5C

triadic

#DC8E5C #5CDC8E #8E5CDC

tetradic

#DC8E5C #6ADC5C #5CAADC #CE5CDC

square

#DC8E5C #6ADC5C #5CAADC #CE5CDC

split-complementary

#DC8E5C #5CDCCE #5C6ADC

monochromatic

#9C5122 #CE6C2C #DC8E5C #E7B18E #F2D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DC8E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#DC8E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E5C

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E5C	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebaf8b',
    500: '#dc8e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e5c;
$custom-light: #ebaf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71617,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E5C

secondary

#B2CFE2

accent

#86CC19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E5C

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

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