#DD9140#DD9140

#DD9140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9140
RGB	rgb(221, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 21.72, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 57.39, 67.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0572 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.132 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8727, 35.9969, 9.6450)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9140 #408CDD

analogous

#DD4240 #DD9140 #DBDD40

triadic

#DD9140 #40DD91 #9140DD

tetradic

#DD9140 #40DD42 #408CDD #DD40DB

square

#DD9140 #40DD42 #408CDD #DD40DB

split-complementary

#DD9140 #40DBDD #4240DD

monochromatic

#8A5319 #BE7222 #DD9140 #E6AF74 #EFCDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#DD9140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#DD9140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9140

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9140	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb179',
    500: '#dd9140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9140;
$custom-light: #edb179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.955,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71936,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9140

secondary

#9CBBDD

accent

#91ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9140

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

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