#DD6236#DD6236

#DD6236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.165 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6236
RGB	rgb(221, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 45.54, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 65.69, 46.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1275 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.165 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8559, 24.3785, 6.3594)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6236 #36B1DD

analogous

#DD365E #DD6236 #DDB536

triadic

#DD6236 #36DD62 #6236DD

tetradic

#DD6236 #5EDD36 #36B1DD #B536DD

square

#DD6236 #5EDD36 #36B1DD #B536DD

split-complementary

#DD6236 #36DDB5 #365EDD

monochromatic

#833316 #B7471F #DD6236 #E68B6A #EFB49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DD6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#DD6236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6236

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6236	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.165 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef926f',
    500: '#dd6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6236;
$custom-light: #ef926f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.808,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.16492,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6236

secondary

#94C8DB

accent

#BEEE3A

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6236

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

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