#DD8E40#DD8E40

#DD8E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8E40
RGB	rgb(221, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 23.33, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 57.34, 65.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.062 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.133 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4203, 35.0922, 9.4942)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8E40 #408FDD

analogous

#DD4040 #DD8E40 #DDDD40

triadic

#DD8E40 #40DD8E #8E40DD

tetradic

#DD8E40 #40DD40 #408FDD #DD40DD

square

#DD8E40 #40DD40 #408FDD #DD40DD

split-complementary

#DD8E40 #40DDDD #4040DD

monochromatic

#8A5119 #BE6F22 #DD8E40 #E6AD74 #EFCBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DD8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DD8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8E40

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8E40	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf79',
    500: '#dd8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8e40;
$custom-light: #edaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.809,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71395,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8E40

secondary

#9CBDDD

accent

#94ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8E40

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

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