#DD8C43#DD8C43

#DD8C43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8C43
RGB	rgb(221, 140, 67)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 24.55, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 56.17, 64.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0661 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.132 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2131, 34.5374, 9.8577)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8C43 #4394DD

analogous

#DD4347 #DD8C43 #DDD943

triadic

#DD8C43 #43DD8C #8C43DD

tetradic

#DD8C43 #47DD43 #4394DD #D943DD

square

#DD8C43 #47DD43 #4394DD #D943DD

split-complementary

#DD8C43 #43DDD9 #4347DD

monochromatic

#8C5019 #C06D23 #DD8C43 #E6AC77 #F0CBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#DD8C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8C43

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8C43	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5943B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 140, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae7a',
    500: '#dd8c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8c43;
$custom-light: #edae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.442,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71068,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8C43

secondary

#9EC0DE

accent

#98EC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8C43

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

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