#DD8D40#DD8D40

#DD8D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8D40
RGB	rgb(221, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 23.86, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 57.34, 65.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0636 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.133 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2722, 34.7959, 9.4449)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8D40 #4090DD

analogous

#DD4041 #DD8D40 #DDDC40

triadic

#DD8D40 #40DD8D #8D40DD

tetradic

#DD8D40 #41DD40 #4090DD #DC40DD

square

#DD8D40 #41DD40 #4090DD #DC40DD

split-complementary

#DD8D40 #40DDDC #4041DD

monochromatic

#8A5019 #BE6E22 #DD8D40 #E6AC74 #EFCBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DD8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#DD8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8D40

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8D40	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae78',
    500: '#dd8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8d40;
$custom-light: #edae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.427,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8D40

secondary

#9CBDDD

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8D40

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

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