#DC7142#DC7142

#DC7142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.147 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7142
RGB	rgb(220, 113, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 38.28, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 58.59, 49.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.1074 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.147 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4070, 27.4235, 8.5292)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7142 #42ADDC

analogous

#DC4260 #DC7142 #DCBE42

triadic

#DC7142 #42DC71 #7142DC

tetradic

#DC7142 #60DC42 #42ADDC #BE42DC

square

#DC7142 #60DC42 #42ADDC #BE42DC

split-complementary

#DC7142 #42DCBE #4260DC

monochromatic

#8A3C1A #BE5223 #DC7142 #E69876 #EFBFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#DC7142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#DC7142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7142

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7142	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 113, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.147 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9b78',
    500: '#dc7142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7142;
$custom-light: #ed9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.312,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66404,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7142

secondary

#9DC9DD

accent

#B6EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7142

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

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