#DC6A42#DC6A42

#DC6A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.153 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6A42
RGB	rgb(220, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 41.80, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 59.82, 45.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.1182 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.153 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6560, 25.9215, 8.2789)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6A42 #42B4DC

analogous

#DC4267 #DC6A42 #DCB742

triadic

#DC6A42 #42DC6A #6A42DC

tetradic

#DC6A42 #67DC42 #42B4DC #B742DC

square

#DC6A42 #67DC42 #42B4DC #B742DC

split-complementary

#DC6A42 #42DCB7 #4267DC

monochromatic

#8A371A #BE4B23 #DC6A42 #E69376 #EFBBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#DC6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#DC6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6A42

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6A42	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)

#897C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.153 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9778',
    500: '#dc6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6a42;
$custom-light: #ee9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.584,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65334,
    "c": 0.15316,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6A42

secondary

#9DCCDD

accent

#BEEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6A42

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

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