#DC7243#DC7243

#DC7243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.146 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7243
RGB	rgb(220, 114, 67)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 37.82, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 58.09, 49.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.1062 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.146 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5489, 27.6598, 8.7233)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7243 #43ADDC

analogous

#DC4361 #DC7243 #DCBE43

triadic

#DC7243 #43DC72 #7243DC

tetradic

#DC7243 #61DC43 #43ADDC #BE43DC

square

#DC7243 #61DC43 #43ADDC #BE43DC

split-complementary

#DC7243 #43DCBE #4361DC

monochromatic

#8B3D1A #BE5323 #DC7243 #E69977 #EFBFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#DC7243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#DC7243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7243

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7243	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 114, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.146 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9c79',
    500: '#dc7243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7243;
$custom-light: #ed9c79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.431,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66572,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7243

secondary

#9ECADD

accent

#B6EB3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7243

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

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