#DD8E42#DD8E42

#DD8E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8E42
RGB	rgb(221, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 23.43, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 56.55, 65.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0626 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.132 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4783, 35.1153, 9.7993)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8E42 #4291DD

analogous

#DD4244 #DD8E42 #DDDB42

triadic

#DD8E42 #42DD8E #8E42DD

tetradic

#DD8E42 #44DD42 #4291DD #DB42DD

square

#DD8E42 #44DD42 #4291DD #DB42DD

split-complementary

#DD8E42 #42DDDB #4244DD

monochromatic

#8C5119 #BF6F22 #DD8E42 #E6AD76 #F0CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DD8E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#DD8E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8E42

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8E42	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)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf7a',
    500: '#dd8e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8e42;
$custom-light: #edaf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8E42

secondary

#9DBEDD

accent

#96EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8E42

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

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