#DC6C42#DC6C42

#DC6C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.151 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6C42
RGB	rgb(220, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 40.80, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 59.45, 46.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.1151 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.151 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8645, 26.3385, 8.3484)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6C42 #42B2DC

analogous

#DC4265 #DC6C42 #DCB942

triadic

#DC6C42 #42DC6C #6C42DC

tetradic

#DC6C42 #65DC42 #42B2DC #B942DC

square

#DC6C42 #65DC42 #42B2DC #B942DC

split-complementary

#DC6C42 #42DCB9 #4265DC

monochromatic

#8A381A #BE4D23 #DC6C42 #E69476 #EFBCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#DC6C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#DC6C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6C42

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6C42	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.151 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9878',
    500: '#dc6c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6c42;
$custom-light: #ed9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65635,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6C42

secondary

#9DCBDD

accent

#BCEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6C42

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

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