#DC8E65#DC8E65

#DC8E65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8E65
RGB	rgb(220, 142, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 54.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 25.39, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 42.42, 53.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0736 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.11 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5397, 35.5048, 16.9748)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8E65 #65B3DC

analogous

#DC6577 #DC8E65 #DCC965

triadic

#DC8E65 #65DC8E #8E65DC

tetradic

#DC8E65 #77DC65 #65B3DC #C965DC

square

#DC8E65 #77DC65 #65B3DC #C965DC

split-complementary

#DC8E65 #65DCC9 #6577DC

monochromatic

#A25025 #D16933 #DC8E65 #E7B397 #F3D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#DC8E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#DC8E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8E65

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8E65	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 142, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaaf91',
    500: '#dc8e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8e65;
$custom-light: #eaaf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.672,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8E65

secondary

#B9D5E4

accent

#8ECB1B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8E65

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

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