#DD6E42#DD6E42

#DD6E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.151 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6E42
RGB	rgb(221, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 40.18, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 59.50, 47.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% 0.1131 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.151 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3815, 26.9217, 8.4337)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6E42 #42B1DD

analogous

#DD4264 #DD6E42 #DDBC42

triadic

#DD6E42 #42DD6E #6E42DD

tetradic

#DD6E42 #64DD42 #42B1DD #BC42DD

square

#DD6E42 #64DD42 #42B1DD #BC42DD

split-complementary

#DD6E42 #42DDBC #4264DD

monochromatic

#8C3A19 #BF4F22 #DD6E42 #E69676 #F0BEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#DD6E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#DD6E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6E42

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6E42	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F25864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.151 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9a78',
    500: '#dd6e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6e42;
$custom-light: #ee9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6608,
    "c": 0.15083,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6E42

secondary

#9DCBDD

accent

#BAEC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6E42

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

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