#DD843B#DD843B

#DD843B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.139 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD843B
RGB	rgb(221, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 28.42, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 59.49, 61.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0764 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.139 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8627, 32.1945, 8.3043)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD843B #3B94DD

analogous

#DD3B43 #DD843B #DDD53B

triadic

#DD843B #3BDD84 #843BDD

tetradic

#DD843B #43DD3B #3B94DD #D53BDD

square

#DD843B #43DD3B #3B94DD #D53BDD

split-complementary

#DD843B #3BDDD5 #3B43DD

monochromatic

#864917 #BA6620 #DD843B #E6A56F #EFC5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#DD843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#DD843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD843B

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD843B	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.139 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eea875',
    500: '#dd843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd843b;
$custom-light: #eea875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.037,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69589,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD843B

secondary

#98BDDC

accent

#9DED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#180F08

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD843B

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

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