#DD7042#DD7042

#DD7042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.149 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD7042
RGB	rgb(221, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 39.17, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 59.16, 48.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.11 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.149 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5997, 27.3582, 8.5065)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD7042 #42AFDD

analogous

#DD4262 #DD7042 #DDBD42

triadic

#DD7042 #42DD70 #7042DD

tetradic

#DD7042 #62DD42 #42AFDD #BD42DD

square

#DD7042 #62DD42 #42AFDD #BD42DD

split-complementary

#DD7042 #42DDBD #4262DD

monochromatic

#8C3B19 #BF5122 #DD7042 #E69776 #F0BEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#DD7042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#DD7042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD7042

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD7042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD7042	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F25A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd7042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.149 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9b78',
    500: '#dd7042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd7042;
$custom-light: #ee9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd7042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66387,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD7042

secondary

#9DCADD

accent

#B8EC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD7042

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

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