#DD8D42#DD8D42

#DD8D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8D42
RGB	rgb(221, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 23.97, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 56.55, 64.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0642 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.132 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3301, 34.8191, 9.7500)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8D42 #4292DD

analogous

#DD4245 #DD8D42 #DDDB42

triadic

#DD8D42 #42DD8D #8D42DD

tetradic

#DD8D42 #45DD42 #4292DD #DB42DD

square

#DD8D42 #45DD42 #4292DD #DB42DD

split-complementary

#DD8D42 #42DDDB #4245DD

monochromatic

#8C5019 #BF6E22 #DD8D42 #E6AC76 #F0CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DD8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#DD8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8D42

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8D42	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)

#A6943A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae7a',
    500: '#dd8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8d42;
$custom-light: #edae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71236,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8D42

secondary

#9DBEDD

accent

#97EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8D42

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

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