#DD8840#DD8840

#DD8840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8840
RGB	rgb(221, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 26.53, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 57.42, 62.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0715 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.135 58)
XYZ	xyz(39.5515, 33.3546, 9.2046)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8840 #4095DD

analogous

#DD4046 #DD8840 #DDD740

triadic

#DD8840 #40DD88 #8840DD

tetradic

#DD8840 #46DD40 #4095DD #D740DD

square

#DD8840 #46DD40 #4095DD #D740DD

split-complementary

#DD8840 #40DDD7 #4046DD

monochromatic

#8A4D19 #BE6922 #DD8840 #E6A874 #EFC9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#DD8840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#DD8840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8840

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8840	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edab78',
    500: '#dd8840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8840;
$custom-light: #edab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.516,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70332,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.33351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8840

secondary

#9CBFDD

accent

#9BED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8840

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

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