#DD8D49#DD8D49

#DD8D49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8D49
RGB	rgb(221, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 24.35, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 53.77, 63.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0664 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.128 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5493, 34.9068, 10.9042)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8D49 #4999DD

analogous

#DD494F #DD8D49 #DDD749

triadic

#DD8D49 #49DD8D #8D49DD

tetradic

#DD8D49 #4FDD49 #4999DD #D749DD

square

#DD8D49 #4FDD49 #4999DD #D749DD

split-complementary

#DD8D49 #49DDD7 #494FDD

monochromatic

#91511B #C46E25 #DD8D49 #E7AD7D #F0CEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DD8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#DD8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8D49

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8D49	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae7e',
    500: '#dd8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8d49;
$custom-light: #edae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.568,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71311,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8D49

secondary

#A3C3DF

accent

#9BEB3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8D49

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

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