#DD8A40#DD8A40

#DD8A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.134 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A40
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 25.47, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 57.37, 63.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0683 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.134 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8358, 33.9232, 9.2994)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A40 #4093DD

analogous

#DD4044 #DD8A40 #DDD840

triadic

#DD8A40 #40DD8A #8A40DD

tetradic

#DD8A40 #44DD40 #4093DD #D840DD

square

#DD8A40 #44DD40 #4093DD #D840DD

split-complementary

#DD8A40 #40DDD8 #4044DD

monochromatic

#8A4E19 #BE6B22 #DD8A40 #E6AA74 #EFCAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#DD8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#DD8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A40

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A40	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)

#A39238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.134 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac78',
    500: '#dd8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a40;
$custom-light: #edac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.28,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70684,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A40

secondary

#9CBEDD

accent

#99ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A40

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

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