#DD8A3C#DD8A3C

#DD8A3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.136 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A3C
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 72.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 25.27, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 58.91, 64.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0672 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.136 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7261, 33.8793, 8.7213)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A3C #3C8FDD

analogous

#DD3C3F #DD8A3C #DDDA3C

triadic

#DD8A3C #3CDD8A #8A3CDD

tetradic

#DD8A3C #3FDD3C #3C8FDD #DA3CDD

square

#DD8A3C #3FDD3C #3C8FDD #DA3CDD

split-complementary

#DD8A3C #3CDDDA #3C3FDD

monochromatic

#874E18 #BB6B21 #DD8A3C #E6A970 #EFC9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#DD8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#DD8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A3C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A3C	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.136 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac76',
    500: '#dd8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a3c;
$custom-light: #edac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.068,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A3C

secondary

#99BBDC

accent

#97ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A3C

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

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