#DD8740#DD8740

#DD8740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.135 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8740
RGB	rgb(221, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 27.07, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 57.46, 61.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0731 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.135 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4114, 33.0742, 9.1579)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8740 #4096DD

analogous

#DD4047 #DD8740 #DDD640

triadic

#DD8740 #40DD87 #8740DD

tetradic

#DD8740 #47DD40 #4096DD #D640DD

square

#DD8740 #47DD40 #4096DD #D640DD

split-complementary

#DD8740 #40DDD6 #4047DD

monochromatic

#8A4C19 #BE6822 #DD8740 #E6A874 #EFC8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#DD8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#DD8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8740

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8740	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.135 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaa78',
    500: '#dd8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8740;
$custom-light: #edaa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.134,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70158,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8740

secondary

#9CC0DD

accent

#9CED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8740

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

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