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: Pantone® does not publish HEX values for its colors openly. The values here are screen approximations from community sources, 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 a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — 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

4.86:1

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

Color palettes based on Tangerine Tango

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#DD4124
#22C1DD

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#DD22C1
#DD2264
#DD4124
#DD9B22
#C1DD22

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#DD4124
#22DD9B
#2264DD

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#DD4124
#22DD3E
#3E22DD

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#2C0C07
#842515
#DD3E22
#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);
}