#DD6836#DD6836

#DD6836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.160 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6836
RGB	rgb(221, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 42.63, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 64.58, 48.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.1185 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.16 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4385, 25.5436, 6.5536)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6836 #36ABDD

analogous

#DD3658 #DD6836 #DDBC36

triadic

#DD6836 #36DD68 #6836DD

tetradic

#DD6836 #58DD36 #36ABDD #BC36DD

square

#DD6836 #58DD36 #36ABDD #BC36DD

split-complementary

#DD6836 #36DDBC #3658DD

monochromatic

#833716 #B74C1F #DD6836 #E68F6A #EFB79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#DD6836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#DD6836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6836

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6836	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.160 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9670',
    500: '#dd6836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6836;
$custom-light: #ef9670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.964,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6505,
    "c": 0.15982,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6836

secondary

#94C6DB

accent

#B8EE3A

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6836

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

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