Information about #DC956F color
Basic facts about this digital color
A energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange, #DC956F appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Burning Sand (#D99376). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Beethoven (#D1946C) and Middle Red (#E58E73).
In RGB terms — rgb(220, 149, 111) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #DC956F background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#DC956F color variations
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#DC956F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#DC956F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#DC956F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#DC956F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#DC956F 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #DC956F color
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Nearest named colors to #DC956F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#D99376
#D1946C
#E58E73
#D19275
#DD9760
#CD9575
#EC956C
#D4A36A
#E9967A
#D29062
#CE9F6F
#DB995E
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#DC956F
- RGB220, 149, 111
- CMYK0, 28, 43, 14
- CSSrgb(220, 149, 111)
- HSL21°, 61%, 65%
- HSL Precise20.917°, 60.894%, 64.902%
- HSV21°, 50%, 86%
- HSB21°, 50%, 86%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.435
- GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.584, 0.435)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.584, 0.435, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.584, 0.435)
- Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB43.5%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDDC956F
- DECIMAL ID14456175
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
