#DC7042#DC7042

#DC7042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.148 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7042
RGB	rgb(220, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 38.78, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 58.76, 48.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.1089 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.148 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2960, 27.2016, 8.4923)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7042 #42AEDC

analogous

#DC4261 #DC7042 #DCBD42

triadic

#DC7042 #42DC70 #7042DC

tetradic

#DC7042 #61DC42 #42AEDC #BD42DC

square

#DC7042 #61DC42 #42AEDC #BD42DC

split-complementary

#DC7042 #42DCBD #4261DC

monochromatic

#8A3B1A #BE5123 #DC7042 #E69776 #EFBEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#DC7042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#DC7042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7042

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7042	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.148 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9b78',
    500: '#dc7042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7042;
$custom-light: #ed9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.922,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66248,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7042

secondary

#9DCADD

accent

#B7EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7042

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

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