Information about #DC7938 color

#DC7938 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DC7938 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(220, 121, 56) — 86.3% red, 47.5% green, 22% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 39 / 64 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #DC7938 reads as a energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Orange Ochre (#DC793A). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Decaying Leaves (#D57835) and Mandarian Orange (#E47833).

The recipe behind #DC7938 is rgb(220, 121, 56), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #DC7938: 6.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DC7938 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DC7938 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DC7938 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DC7938

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Orange Ochre color link
Orange Ochre

#DC793A

Hero color link
Hero

#D37C39

Flashback color link
Flashback

#DF803E

Tree Poppy color link
Tree Poppy

#E2813B

West Side color link
West Side

#E5823A

Phoenix color link
Phoenix

#D86C37

Dull Orange color link
Dull Orange

#D8863B

Tango color link
Tango

#D46F31

Hyperactive color link
Hyperactive

#E36C36

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DC7938
  • RGB220, 121, 56
  • CMYK0, 39, 64, 14
  • CSSrgb(220, 121, 56)
  • HSL24°, 70%, 54%
  • HSL Precise23.78°, 70.085%, 54.118%
  • HSV24°, 75%, 86%
  • HSB24°, 75%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.475, 0.220)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.475, 0.220, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.475, 0.220)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB22%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDDC7938
  • DECIMAL ID14448952
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01