#DD6036#DD6036

#DD6036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.167 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6036
RGB	rgb(221, 96, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 46.49, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 66.08, 45.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1304 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.167 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6711, 24.0089, 6.2978)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6036 #36B3DD

analogous

#DD3660 #DD6036 #DDB436

triadic

#DD6036 #36DD60 #6036DD

tetradic

#DD6036 #60DD36 #36B3DD #B436DD

square

#DD6036 #60DD36 #36B3DD #B436DD

split-complementary

#DD6036 #36DDB4 #3660DD

monochromatic

#833116 #B7451F #DD6036 #E6896A #EFB39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DD6036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DD6036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6036

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6036	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F34457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 96, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.167 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef916f',
    500: '#dd6036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6036;
$custom-light: #ef916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.09,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63907,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6036

secondary

#94C9DB

accent

#C1EE3A

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6036

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

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