#DD6D42#DD6D42

#DD6D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.152 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6D42
RGB	rgb(221, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 40.69, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 59.68, 47.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.1147 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.152 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2742, 26.7072, 8.3980)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6D42 #42B2DD

analogous

#DD4265 #DD6D42 #DDBB42

triadic

#DD6D42 #42DD6D #6D42DD

tetradic

#DD6D42 #65DD42 #42B2DD #BB42DD

square

#DD6D42 #65DD42 #42B2DD #BB42DD

split-complementary

#DD6D42 #42DDBB #4265DD

monochromatic

#8C3919 #BF4E22 #DD6D42 #E69576 #F0BDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#DD6D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#DD6D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6D42

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6D42	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F25663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.152 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9978',
    500: '#dd6d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6d42;
$custom-light: #ee9978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.645,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65927,
    "c": 0.15167,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6D42

secondary

#9DCCDD

accent

#BBEC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6D42

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

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