#DC6E42#DC6E42

#DC6E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.150 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6E42
RGB	rgb(220, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 39.80, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 59.09, 47.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.112 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.15 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0778, 26.7652, 8.4195)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6E42 #42B0DC

analogous

#DC4263 #DC6E42 #DCBB42

triadic

#DC6E42 #42DC6E #6E42DC

tetradic

#DC6E42 #63DC42 #42B0DC #BB42DC

square

#DC6E42 #63DC42 #42B0DC #BB42DC

split-complementary

#DC6E42 #42DCBB #4263DC

monochromatic

#8A3A1A #BE4F23 #DC6E42 #E69676 #EFBDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#DC6E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#DC6E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6E42

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6E42	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.150 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9978',
    500: '#dc6e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6e42;
$custom-light: #ed9978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65939,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6E42

secondary

#9DCBDD

accent

#B9EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6E42

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

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