#DC8F51#DC8F51

#DC8F51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC8F51
RGB	rgb(220, 143, 81)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 23.36, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 50.18, 62.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0647 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.122 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8257, 35.4583, 12.4770)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC8F51 #519EDC

analogous

#DC5159 #DC8F51 #DCD551

triadic

#DC8F51 #51DC8F #8F51DC

tetradic

#DC8F51 #59DC51 #519EDC #D551DC

square

#DC8F51 #59DC51 #519EDC #D551DC

split-complementary

#DC8F51 #51DCD5 #5159DC

monochromatic

#95531E #C86F28 #DC8F51 #E6B084 #F0D1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DC8F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#DC8F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC8F51

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC8F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC8F51	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6964B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc8f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 143, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb084',
    500: '#dc8f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc8f51;
$custom-light: #ebb084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc8f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.763,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC8F51

secondary

#A9C7E0

accent

#9DE93E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC8F51

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

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