#DC6A40#DC6A40

#DC6A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.154 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6A40
RGB	rgb(220, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 41.70, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 60.48, 46.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.1175 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.154 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5980, 25.8983, 7.9738)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6A40 #40B2DC

analogous

#DC4064 #DC6A40 #DCB840

triadic

#DC6A40 #40DC6A #6A40DC

tetradic

#DC6A40 #64DC40 #40B2DC #B840DC

square

#DC6A40 #64DC40 #40B2DC #B840DC

split-complementary

#DC6A40 #40DCB8 #4064DC

monochromatic

#893719 #BC4C23 #DC6A40 #E59274 #EFBBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#DC6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#DC6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6A40

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6A40	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.154 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9776',
    500: '#dc6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6a40;
$custom-light: #ee9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6531,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6A40

secondary

#9BCBDC

accent

#BCEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6A40

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

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