#DC6D42#DC6D42

#DC6D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.151 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6D42
RGB	rgb(220, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 40.30, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 59.27, 47.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.1136 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.151 41)
XYZ	xyz(35.9705, 26.5506, 8.3838)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6D42 #42B1DC

analogous

#DC4264 #DC6D42 #DCBA42

triadic

#DC6D42 #42DC6D #6D42DC

tetradic

#DC6D42 #64DC42 #42B1DC #BA42DC

square

#DC6D42 #64DC42 #42B1DC #BA42DC

split-complementary

#DC6D42 #42DCBA #4264DC

monochromatic

#8A391A #BE4E23 #DC6D42 #E69576 #EFBDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#DC6D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#DC6D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6D42

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6D42	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.151 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9978',
    500: '#dc6d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6d42;
$custom-light: #ed9978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.753,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65786,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.26546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6D42

secondary

#9DCBDD

accent

#BBEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6D42

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

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