#DD6542#DD6542

#DD6542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.159 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6542
RGB	rgb(221, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 44.64, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 61.23, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.1268 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.159 37)
XYZ	xyz(35.4593, 25.0774, 8.1264)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6542 #42BADD

analogous

#DD426D #DD6542 #DDB242

triadic

#DD6542 #42DD65 #6542DD

tetradic

#DD6542 #6DDD42 #42BADD #B242DD

square

#DD6542 #6DDD42 #42BADD #B242DD

split-complementary

#DD6542 #42DDB2 #426DDD

monochromatic

#8C3319 #BF4622 #DD6542 #E68F76 #F0BAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#DD6542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#DD6542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6542

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6542	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)

#85793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.159 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9478',
    500: '#dd6542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6542;
$custom-light: #ef9478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64747,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.25073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6542

secondary

#9DCFDD

accent

#C4EC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6542

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

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