#DC7551#DC7551

#DC7551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.138 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7551
RGB	rgb(220, 117, 81)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(16, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 37.10, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 52.83, 45.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.1063 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.138 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3648, 28.5365, 11.3234)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7551 #51B8DC

analogous

#DC5173 #DC7551 #DCBB51

triadic

#DC7551 #51DC75 #7551DC

tetradic

#DC7551 #73DC51 #51B8DC #BB51DC

square

#DC7551 #73DC51 #51B8DC #BB51DC

split-complementary

#DC7551 #51DCBB #5173DC

monochromatic

#953D1E #C85128 #DC7551 #E69D84 #F0C6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#DC7551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#DC7551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7551

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7551	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90844E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0626C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 117, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.138 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9e83',
    500: '#dc7551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7551;
$custom-light: #ec9e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67231,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7551

secondary

#A9D2E0

accent

#BDE93E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7551

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

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