#DD8B3E#DD8B3E

#DD8B3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B3E
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 24.83, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 58.13, 64.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0662 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.135 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9241, 34.1891, 9.0531)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B3E #3E90DD

analogous

#DD3E40 #DD8B3E #DDDB3E

triadic

#DD8B3E #3EDD8B #8B3EDD

tetradic

#DD8B3E #40DD3E #3E90DD #DB3EDD

square

#DD8B3E #40DD3E #3E90DD #DB3EDD

split-complementary

#DD8B3E #3EDDDB #3E40DD

monochromatic

#894F18 #BD6C21 #DD8B3E #E6AA72 #EFCAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DD8B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#DD8B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B3E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B3E	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad77',
    500: '#dd8b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b3e;
$custom-light: #edad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.057,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70841,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B3E

secondary

#9ABCDD

accent

#97ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B3E

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

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