#DD8944#DD8944

#DD8944 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8944
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 68)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 26.21, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 55.84, 62.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0712 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.133 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8110, 33.6848, 9.8729)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8944 #4498DD

analogous

#DD444C #DD8944 #DDD644

triadic

#DD8944 #44DD89 #8944DD

tetradic

#DD8944 #4CDD44 #4498DD #D644DD

square

#DD8944 #4CDD44 #4498DD #D644DD

split-complementary

#DD8944 #44DDD6 #444CDD

monochromatic

#8D4E1A #C16A23 #DD8944 #E6AA78 #F0CAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DD8944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#DD8944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8944

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8944	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac7b',
    500: '#dd8944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8944;
$custom-light: #edac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.059,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70549,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8944

secondary

#9FC1DE

accent

#9DEC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8944

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

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