#DC6D40#DC6D40

#DC6D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.151 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6D40
RGB	rgb(220, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 40.20, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 59.95, 47.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.1129 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.151 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9126, 26.5274, 8.0786)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6D40 #40AFDC

analogous

#DC4061 #DC6D40 #DCBB40

triadic

#DC6D40 #40DC6D #6D40DC

tetradic

#DC6D40 #61DC40 #40AFDC #BB40DC

square

#DC6D40 #61DC40 #40AFDC #BB40DC

split-complementary

#DC6D40 #40DCBB #4061DC

monochromatic

#893919 #BC4F23 #DC6D40 #E59574 #EFBCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#DC6D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#DC6D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6D40

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6D40	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.151 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9977',
    500: '#dc6d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6d40;
$custom-light: #ee9977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.308,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65763,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6D40

secondary

#9BCADC

accent

#B9EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6D40

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

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