Pantone® Color of the Year 2012

Tangerine Tango

Pantone® 17-1463 TCX Tangerine Tango was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2012. Below: HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK values, text contrast, palettes built on the color and the closest Pantone® C codes.

Note: The HEX values here are approximate screen values per Wikipedia, not official Pantone® values. Pantone® is a trademark of Pantone LLC; this site is not affiliated with Pantone.

Pantone® 17-1463 Tangerine Tango color swatch, approximately #DD4124

Pantone® 17-1463 TCX

HEX#DD4124
RGBrgb(221, 65, 36)
HSLhsl(9, 73%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71%, 84%, 13%)

#DD4124 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Tangerine Tango

4.32:1

AA normal: Fail · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Fail

Black text on Tangerine Tango

4.85:1

AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Fail

Color palettes based on Tangerine Tango

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#DD4124
#24C0DD

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#DD24C0
#DD2463
#DD4124
#DD9E24
#C0DD24

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#DD4124
#24DD9E
#2463DD

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#DD4124
#24DD41
#4124DD

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#2C0C07
#842515
#DD4124
#EA8B7B
#F8D8D3

Closest Pantone® C colors

TCX is Pantone's textile system; these are the nearest print (C) codes from our library by Delta E (CIEDE2000). Lower is closer.

CSS

:root {
  --pantone-coy-2012-tangerine-tango: #DD4124;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2012-tangerine-tango);
}