#DC6B40#DC6B40

#DC6B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.153 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6B40
RGB	rgb(220, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 41.20, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 60.30, 46.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.116 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.153 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7017, 26.1056, 8.0083)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6B40 #40B1DC

analogous

#DC4063 #DC6B40 #DCB940

triadic

#DC6B40 #40DC6B #6B40DC

tetradic

#DC6B40 #63DC40 #40B1DC #B940DC

square

#DC6B40 #63DC40 #40B1DC #B940DC

split-complementary

#DC6B40 #40DCB9 #4063DC

monochromatic

#893819 #BC4D23 #DC6B40 #E59374 #EFBBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#DC6B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#DC6B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6B40

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6B40	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.153 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9876',
    500: '#dc6b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6b40;
$custom-light: #ee9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.538,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6546,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6B40

secondary

#9BCADC

accent

#BBEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6B40

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

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