#DF6D42#DF6D42

#DF6D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.154 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF6D42
RGB	rgb(223, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 41.45, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 60.50, 46.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.1168 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.154 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8869, 27.0231, 8.4267)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF6D42 #42B4DF

analogous

#DF4266 #DF6D42 #DFBC42

triadic

#DF6D42 #42DF6D #6D42DF

tetradic

#DF6D42 #66DF42 #42B4DF #BC42DF

square

#DF6D42 #66DF42 #42B4DF #BC42DF

split-complementary

#DF6D42 #42DFBC #4266DF

monochromatic

#8E3918 #C34D21 #DF6D42 #E89576 #F1BEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#DF6D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#DF6D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF6D42

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF6D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF6D42	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df6d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.154 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f09978',
    500: '#df6d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df6d42;
$custom-light: #f09978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df6d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.433,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6621,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF6D42

secondary

#9ECDDF

accent

#BDEE3A

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF6D42

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

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