Information about #DC9950 color

#DC9950 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DC9950 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(220, 153, 80) — 86.3% red, 60% green, 31.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 26 / 55 / 14. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #DC9950 reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Jasper Orange (#DE8F4E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are JPCD MUSTARD (#DDA256) and Pastel Ochre (#D69759).

In RGB terms — rgb(220, 153, 80) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #DC9950: 8.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. #DC9950 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#DC9950 color variations

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

#DC9950 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 #DC9950

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DC9950
  • RGB220, 153, 80
  • CMYK0, 26, 55, 14
  • CSSrgb(220, 153, 80)
  • HSL31°, 67%, 59%
  • HSL Precise31.286°, 66.667%, 58.824%
  • HSV31°, 64%, 86%
  • HSB31°, 64%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.600, 0.314)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.600, 0.314, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.600, 0.314)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.4%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDDC9950
  • DECIMAL ID14457168
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01