Information about #DD460E color

#DD460E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DD460E falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(221, 70, 14) — 86.7% red, 27.5% green, 5.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 59 / 81 / 13. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #DD460E reads as a maximally vivid amber-leaning orange and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Deep Orange (#DC4D01). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Grenadier (#D54600) and Trinidad (#E64E03).

In RGB terms — rgb(221, 70, 14) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #DD460E: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DD460E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DD460E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DD460E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DD460E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Deep Orange color link
Deep Orange

#DC4D01

Grenadier color link
Grenadier

#D54600

Trinidad color link
Trinidad

#E64E03

Sinopia color link
Sinopia

#CB410B

flavukafto color link
flavukafto

#E43900

Grapefruit color link
Grapefruit

#DC381F

Rusty Orange color link
Rusty Orange

#CD5909

Burnt Orange color link
Burnt Orange

#CC5500

Tawny color link
Tawny

#CD5700

Persimmon color link
Persimmon

#EC5800

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DD460E
  • RGB221, 70, 14
  • CMYK0, 59, 81, 13
  • CSSrgb(221, 70, 14)
  • HSL16°, 88%, 46%
  • HSL Precise16.232°, 88.085%, 46.078%
  • HSV16°, 94%, 87%
  • HSB16°, 94%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.867
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.275
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • GLSLvec3(0.867, 0.275, 0.055)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.867, 0.275, 0.055, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.867, 0.275, 0.055)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDDD460E
  • DECIMAL ID14501390
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01