#DD6936#DD6936

#DD6936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.159 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6936
RGB	rgb(221, 105, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 42.13, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 64.41, 49.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.117 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.159 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5397, 25.7461, 6.5873)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6936 #36AADD

analogous

#DD3657 #DD6936 #DDBC36

triadic

#DD6936 #36DD69 #6936DD

tetradic

#DD6936 #57DD36 #36AADD #BC36DD

square

#DD6936 #57DD36 #36AADD #BC36DD

split-complementary

#DD6936 #36DDBC #3657DD

monochromatic

#833716 #B74D1F #DD6936 #E6906A #EFB79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#DD6936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#DD6936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6936

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6936	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 105, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.159 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9670',
    500: '#dd6936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6936;
$custom-light: #ef9670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.323,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65198,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6936

secondary

#94C5DB

accent

#B7EE3A

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180E08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6936

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

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