#DC5E40#DC5E40

#DC5E40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.165 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5E40
RGB	rgb(220, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 47.52, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 62.94, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.1354 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.165 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4468, 23.5958, 7.5900)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5E40 #40BEDC

analogous

#DC4070 #DC5E40 #DCAC40

triadic

#DC5E40 #40DC5E #5E40DC

tetradic

#DC5E40 #70DC40 #40BEDC #AC40DC

square

#DC5E40 #70DC40 #40BEDC #AC40DC

split-complementary

#DC5E40 #40DCAC #4070DC

monochromatic

#892E19 #BC4023 #DC5E40 #E58A74 #EFB5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DC5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DC5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5E40

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5E40	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.165 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f76',
    500: '#dc5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5e40;
$custom-light: #ee8f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63594,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5E40

secondary

#9BD0DC

accent

#CAEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5E40

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

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