Furnace `#DD4124`

Furnace (#DD4124) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 33°, lightness 0.6 and chroma 0.197. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#DD4124`
RGB	`rgb(221, 65, 36)`
HSL	`hsl(9, 73%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(9, 84%, 87%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 71%, 84%, 13%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(51 59.1 50.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.600 0.197 33)`

How Furnace behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Furnace is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #de3c1e — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e14021 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #dd4124 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #de4225 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Furnace in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.32:1 and against black 4.86:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Furnace

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffc9bd · #ff8a72 · #dd4124 · #b82403 · #7f1200 · #4a0500

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#e58d1e · #e46909 · #dd4124 · #c22e47 · #a32259 · #821b60

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#eeb300 · #bb9a52 · #dd4124 · #ae2f17 · #861400 · #3c2b00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffe0d9 · #00dbfb · #dd4124 · #7f544b · #712618 · #42170f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#def7fd · #b3938c · #dd4124 · #586a6e · #3e211b · #000204

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f8 · #bccdd0 · #8da0a5 · #0d282d · #000508 · #dd4124

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#ddd9b4 · #3ac7d6 · #dd4124 · #8e5d75 · #2e3d51 · #04101c

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#bbdec7 · #86bddf · #dd4124 · #467469 · #303a59 · #1f050e

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d5fedf · #36b76a · #dd4124 · #4553d4 · #180c7b · #000701

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eaf9cd · #8aaa22 · #dd4124 · #007384 · #3b0066 · #000204

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E96248 · #F57E67 · #FF9A84 · #FFB9AA · #FFD6CD

Shades

#BB2D12 · #9A1A00 · #761000 · #540700 · #350100

Muted

#CC563F · #BA6553 · #A77165

Using Furnace

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.