#DD8B3D#DD8B3D

#DD8B3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B3D
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 61)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 24.79, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 58.51, 64.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0659 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.135 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8969, 34.1782, 8.9099)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B3D #3D8FDD

analogous

#DD3D3F #DD8B3D #DDDB3D

triadic

#DD8B3D #3DDD8B #8B3DDD

tetradic

#DD8B3D #3FDD3D #3D8FDD #DB3DDD

square

#DD8B3D #3FDD3D #3D8FDD #DB3DDD

split-complementary

#DD8B3D #3DDDDB #3D3FDD

monochromatic

#884E18 #BC6C21 #DD8B3D #E6AA71 #EFC9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DD8B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#DD8B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B3D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B3D	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad76',
    500: '#dd8b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b3d;
$custom-light: #edad76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B3D

secondary

#99BCDC

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B3D

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

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