#DD9040#DD9040

#DD9040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.132 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9040
RGB	rgb(221, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 22.26, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 57.37, 67.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0588 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.132 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7206, 35.6926, 9.5943)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9040 #408DDD

analogous

#DD4140 #DD9040 #DCDD40

triadic

#DD9040 #40DD90 #9040DD

tetradic

#DD9040 #40DD41 #408DDD #DD40DC

square

#DD9040 #40DD41 #408DDD #DD40DC

split-complementary

#DD9040 #40DCDD #4140DD

monochromatic

#8A5219 #BE7122 #DD9040 #E6AE74 #EFCCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#DD9040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#DD9040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9040

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9040	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.132 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb079',
    500: '#dd9040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9040;
$custom-light: #edb079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.573,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71755,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9040

secondary

#9CBCDD

accent

#92ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9040

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

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