#DC8F42#DC8F42

#DC8F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8F42
RGB	rgb(220, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 22.48, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 56.24, 66.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0598 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.131 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3241, 35.2577, 9.8349)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8F42 #428FDC

analogous

#DC4242 #DC8F42 #DCDC42

triadic

#DC8F42 #42DC8F #8F42DC

tetradic

#DC8F42 #42DC42 #428FDC #DC42DC

square

#DC8F42 #42DC42 #428FDC #DC42DC

split-complementary

#DC8F42 #42DCDC #4242DC

monochromatic

#8A521A #BE7023 #DC8F42 #E6AE76 #EFCCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DC8F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#DC8F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8F42

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8F42	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)

#A79639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb07a',
    500: '#dc8f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8f42;
$custom-light: #ecb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71475,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8F42

secondary

#9DBDDD

accent

#94EC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8F42

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

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