#DD8F42#DD8F42

#DD8F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8F42
RGB	rgb(221, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 22.89, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 56.56, 66.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.061 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.132 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6277, 35.4142, 9.8492)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8F42 #4290DD

analogous

#DD4243 #DD8F42 #DDDC42

triadic

#DD8F42 #42DD8F #8F42DD

tetradic

#DD8F42 #43DD42 #4290DD #DC42DD

square

#DD8F42 #43DD42 #4290DD #DC42DD

split-complementary

#DD8F42 #42DDDC #4243DD

monochromatic

#8C5219 #BF7022 #DD8F42 #E6AE76 #F0CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DD8F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#DD8F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8F42

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8F42	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb07a',
    500: '#dd8f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8f42;
$custom-light: #edb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71595,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8F42

secondary

#9DBEDD

accent

#94EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8F42

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

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