#DD8E2B#DD8E2B

#DD8E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.143 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8E2B
RGB	rgb(221, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 80.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 22.46, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 65.01, 69.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0567 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.143 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9311, 34.8965, 6.9178)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8E2B #2B7ADD

analogous

#DD352B #DD8E2B #D3DD2B

triadic

#DD8E2B #2BDD8E #8E2BDD

tetradic

#DD8E2B #2BDD35 #2B7ADD #DD2BD3

square

#DD8E2B #2BDD35 #2B7ADD #DD2BD3

split-complementary

#DD8E2B #2BD3DD #352BDD

monochromatic

#7A4D14 #AF6E1C #DD8E2B #E5AA60 #EEC694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DD8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#DD8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8E2B

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8E2B	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)

#A89419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.143 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaf6d',
    500: '#dd8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8e2b;
$custom-light: #eeaf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.371,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71229,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8E2B

secondary

#8BAED9

accent

#8AEF39

background

#FFFAF6

surface

#FFF4EC

border

#D7CEC7

text

#181007

muted

#867F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8E2B

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

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