#DD6F42#DD6F42

#DD6F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.150 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6F42
RGB	rgb(221, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 39.68, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 59.33, 48.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.1116 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.15 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4900, 27.1388, 8.4699)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6F42 #42B0DD

analogous

#DD4263 #DD6F42 #DDBD42

triadic

#DD6F42 #42DD6F #6F42DD

tetradic

#DD6F42 #63DD42 #42B0DD #BD42DD

square

#DD6F42 #63DD42 #42B0DD #BD42DD

split-complementary

#DD6F42 #42DDBD #4263DD

monochromatic

#8C3A19 #BF5022 #DD6F42 #E69776 #F0BEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#DD6F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#DD6F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6F42

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6F42	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F25965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.150 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9a78',
    500: '#dd6f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6f42;
$custom-light: #ee9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66233,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6F42

secondary

#9DCBDD

accent

#B9EC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6F42

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

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