#DD8A3B#DD8A3B

#DD8A3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.137 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A3B
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 25.23, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 59.29, 64.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0669 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.137 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6999, 33.8688, 8.5834)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A3B #3B8EDD

analogous

#DD3B3D #DD8A3B #DDDB3B

triadic

#DD8A3B #3BDD8A #8A3BDD

tetradic

#DD8A3B #3DDD3B #3B8EDD #DB3BDD

square

#DD8A3B #3DDD3B #3B8EDD #DB3BDD

split-complementary

#DD8A3B #3BDDDB #3B3DDD

monochromatic

#864D17 #BA6B20 #DD8A3B #E6A96F #EFC8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#DD8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#DD8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A3B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A3B	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.137 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac75',
    500: '#dd8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a3b;
$custom-light: #edac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.259,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70636,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A3B

secondary

#98BBDC

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A3B

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

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