#DD8C44#DD8C44

#DD8C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.131 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8C44
RGB	rgb(221, 140, 68)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 24.61, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 55.77, 63.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0664 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.131 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2434, 34.5495, 10.0170)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8C44 #4495DD

analogous

#DD4449 #DD8C44 #DDD844

triadic

#DD8C44 #44DD8C #8C44DD

tetradic

#DD8C44 #49DD44 #4495DD #D844DD

square

#DD8C44 #49DD44 #4495DD #D844DD

split-complementary

#DD8C44 #44DDD8 #4449DD

monochromatic

#8D501A #C16D23 #DD8C44 #E6AC78 #F0CCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#DD8C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8C44

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8C44	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)

#A5943C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 140, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.131 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae7b',
    500: '#dd8c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8c44;
$custom-light: #edae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8C44

secondary

#9FC0DE

accent

#99EC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8C44

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

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