#DD6540#DD6540

#DD6540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.159 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6540
RGB	rgb(221, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 44.54, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 61.87, 43.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.1261 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.159 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4013, 25.0542, 7.8212)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6540 #40B8DD

analogous

#DD4069 #DD6540 #DDB340

triadic

#DD6540 #40DD65 #6540DD

tetradic

#DD6540 #69DD40 #40B8DD #B340DD

square

#DD6540 #69DD40 #40B8DD #B340DD

split-complementary

#DD6540 #40DDB3 #4069DD

monochromatic

#8A3319 #BE4722 #DD6540 #E68F74 #EFB9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#DD6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#DD6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6540

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6540	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.159 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9476',
    500: '#dd6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6540;
$custom-light: #ef9476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.14,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64722,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6540

secondary

#9CCEDD

accent

#C3ED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6540

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

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