#DD8B42#DD8B42

#DD8B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.133 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B42
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 25.04, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 56.57, 63.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0674 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.133 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0379, 34.2346, 9.6526)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B42 #4294DD

analogous

#DD4247 #DD8B42 #DDD942

triadic

#DD8B42 #42DD8B #8B42DD

tetradic

#DD8B42 #47DD42 #4294DD #D942DD

square

#DD8B42 #47DD42 #4294DD #D942DD

split-complementary

#DD8B42 #42DDD9 #4247DD

monochromatic

#8C4F19 #BF6C22 #DD8B42 #E6AB76 #F0CBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DD8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DD8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B42

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B42	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4933A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.133 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad7a',
    500: '#dd8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b42;
$custom-light: #edad7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B42

secondary

#9DBFDD

accent

#99EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B42

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

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