#DD8C40#DD8C40

#DD8C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.134 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8C40
RGB	rgb(221, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 24.40, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 57.34, 64.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0652 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.134 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1254, 34.5024, 9.3959)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8C40 #4091DD

analogous

#DD4042 #DD8C40 #DDDB40

triadic

#DD8C40 #40DD8C #8C40DD

tetradic

#DD8C40 #42DD40 #4091DD #DB40DD

square

#DD8C40 #42DD40 #4091DD #DB40DD

split-complementary

#DD8C40 #40DDDB #4042DD

monochromatic

#8A4F19 #BE6D22 #DD8C40 #E6AB74 #EFCBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DD8C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8C40

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8C40	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.134 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae78',
    500: '#dd8c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8c40;
$custom-light: #edae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.045,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8C40

secondary

#9CBDDD

accent

#97ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8C40

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

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