dircolors <==> LS_COLORS

dircolors_ls_colors.txt

RESET					rs	# reset to "normal" color
DIR					di	# directory
LINK					ln	# symbolic link (if set to 'target' instead of numerical value, the color is the same as the file pointed to)
MULTIHARDLINK			        mh      # regular file with more than one link
FIFO					pi	# pipe
SOCK					so	# socket
DOOR					do	# door
BLK					bd	# block device driver
CHR					cd	# character device driver
ORPHAN					or	# symlink to nonexistent file, or non-stat'able file
SETUID					su	# file that is setuid (u+s)
SETGID					sg	# file that is setgid (u+g)
CAPABILITY				ca	# file with capability
STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE	                tw	# dir that is sticky and other-writable (+t,o+w)
OTHER_WRITABLE			        ow	# dir that is other-writable (o+w) and not sticky
STICKY					st	# dir with the sticky bit set (+t) and not other-writable
EXEC					ex	# for files with execute permission

This is the relation between dircolors settings and LS_COLORS settings.