#DC6F42#DC6F42

#DC6F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.149 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC6F42
RGB	rgb(220, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 39.29, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 58.92, 48.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.1105 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.149 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1863, 26.9822, 8.4557)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC6F42 #42AFDC

analogous

#DC4262 #DC6F42 #DCBC42

triadic

#DC6F42 #42DC6F #6F42DC

tetradic

#DC6F42 #62DC42 #42AFDC #BC42DC

square

#DC6F42 #62DC42 #42AFDC #BC42DC

split-complementary

#DC6F42 #42DCBC #4262DC

monochromatic

#8A3A1A #BE5023 #DC6F42 #E69676 #EFBEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#DC6F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#DC6F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC6F42

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC6F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC6F42	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc6f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.149 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9a78',
    500: '#dc6f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc6f42;
$custom-light: #ed9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc6f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.532,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66093,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC6F42

secondary

#9DCADD

accent

#B8EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC6F42

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

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