#DD8B40#DD8B40

#DD8B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.134 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B40
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 24.93, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 57.35, 64.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0668 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.134 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9800, 34.2115, 9.3474)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B40 #4092DD

analogous

#DD4043 #DD8B40 #DDD940

triadic

#DD8B40 #40DD8B #8B40DD

tetradic

#DD8B40 #43DD40 #4092DD #D940DD

square

#DD8B40 #43DD40 #4092DD #D940DD

split-complementary

#DD8B40 #40DDD9 #4043DD

monochromatic

#8A4F19 #BE6C22 #DD8B40 #E6AB74 #EFCAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DD8B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#DD8B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B40

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B40	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)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.134 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad78',
    500: '#dd8b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b40;
$custom-light: #edad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.662,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70861,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B40

secondary

#9CBEDD

accent

#98ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B40

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

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