#DD8A49#DD8A49

#DD8A49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A49
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 25.95, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 53.84, 61.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0712 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.129 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1129, 34.0340, 10.7587)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A49 #499CDD

analogous

#DD4952 #DD8A49 #DDD449

triadic

#DD8A49 #49DD8A #8A49DD

tetradic

#DD8A49 #52DD49 #499CDD #D449DD

square

#DD8A49 #52DD49 #499CDD #D449DD

split-complementary

#DD8A49 #49DDD4 #4952DD

monochromatic

#914F1B #C46B25 #DD8A49 #E7AB7D #F0CCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DD8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#DD8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A49

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A49	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac7e',
    500: '#dd8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a49;
$custom-light: #edac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.351,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7078,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A49

secondary

#A3C5DF

accent

#9FEB3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A49

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

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