#DD8949#DD8949

#DD8949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8949
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 26.49, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 53.88, 60.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0728 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.13 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9701, 33.7484, 10.7111)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8949 #499DDD

analogous

#DD4953 #DD8949 #DDD349

triadic

#DD8949 #49DD89 #8949DD

tetradic

#DD8949 #53DD49 #499DDD #D349DD

square

#DD8949 #53DD49 #499DDD #D349DD

split-complementary

#DD8949 #49DDD3 #4953DD

monochromatic

#914E1B #C46A25 #DD8949 #E7AA7D #F0CCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DD8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#DD8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8949

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8949	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1777B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac7e',
    500: '#dd8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8949;
$custom-light: #edac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8949

secondary

#A3C5DF

accent

#A0EB3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8949

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

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