#DD8C41#DD8C41

#DD8C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8C41
RGB	rgb(221, 140, 65)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 24.45, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 56.95, 64.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0655 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.133 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1541, 34.5139, 9.5471)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8C41 #4192DD

analogous

#DD4144 #DD8C41 #DDDA41

triadic

#DD8C41 #41DD8C #8C41DD

tetradic

#DD8C41 #44DD41 #4192DD #DA41DD

square

#DD8C41 #44DD41 #4192DD #DA41DD

split-complementary

#DD8C41 #41DDDA #4144DD

monochromatic

#8B5019 #BF6D22 #DD8C41 #E6AB75 #F0CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DD8C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8C41

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8C41	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)

#A59438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 140, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae79',
    500: '#dd8c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8c41;
$custom-light: #edae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.846,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8C41

secondary

#9DBEDD

accent

#97EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8C41

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

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