#DD8940#DD8940

#DD8940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.135 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8940
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 26.00, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 57.39, 63.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0699 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.135 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6930, 33.6376, 9.2518)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8940 #4094DD

analogous

#DD4045 #DD8940 #DDD740

triadic

#DD8940 #40DD89 #8940DD

tetradic

#DD8940 #45DD40 #4094DD #D740DD

square

#DD8940 #45DD40 #4094DD #D740DD

split-complementary

#DD8940 #40DDD7 #4045DD

monochromatic

#8A4D19 #BE6A22 #DD8940 #E6A974 #EFC9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DD8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#DD8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8940

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8940	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.135 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac78',
    500: '#dd8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8940;
$custom-light: #edac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.898,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70508,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8940

secondary

#9CBFDD

accent

#9AED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8940

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

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