#DC6C40#DC6C40

#DC6C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.152 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6C40
RGB	rgb(220, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, 40.70, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 60.12, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.1145 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.152 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8065, 26.3153, 8.0433)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6C40 #40B0DC

analogous

#DC4062 #DC6C40 #DCBA40

triadic

#DC6C40 #40DC6C #6C40DC

tetradic

#DC6C40 #62DC40 #40B0DC #BA40DC

square

#DC6C40 #62DC40 #40B0DC #BA40DC

split-complementary

#DC6C40 #40DCBA #4062DC

monochromatic

#893819 #BC4E23 #DC6C40 #E59474 #EFBCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#DC6C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#DC6C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6C40

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6C40	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.152 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9877',
    500: '#dc6c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6c40;
$custom-light: #ee9877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.923,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65611,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6C40

secondary

#9BCADC

accent

#BAEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6C40

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

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