#DC6940#DC6940

#DC6940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.155 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6940
RGB	rgb(220, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 42.20, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 60.67, 45.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.119 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.155 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4956, 25.6934, 7.9396)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6940 #40B3DC

analogous

#DC4065 #DC6940 #DCB740

triadic

#DC6940 #40DC69 #6940DC

tetradic

#DC6940 #65DC40 #40B3DC #B740DC

square

#DC6940 #65DC40 #40B3DC #B740DC

split-complementary

#DC6940 #40DCB7 #4065DC

monochromatic

#893619 #BC4B23 #DC6940 #E59274 #EFBAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#DC6940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#DC6940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6940

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6940	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.155 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9676',
    500: '#dc6940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6940;
$custom-light: #ee9676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6940

secondary

#9BCBDC

accent

#BEEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6940

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

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