#DD9142#DD9142

#DD9142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9142
RGB	rgb(221, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 21.82, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 56.59, 67.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0578 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.131 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9306, 36.0201, 9.9501)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9142 #428EDD

analogous

#DD4442 #DD9142 #DBDD42

triadic

#DD9142 #42DD91 #9142DD

tetradic

#DD9142 #42DD44 #428EDD #DD42DB

square

#DD9142 #42DD44 #428EDD #DD42DB

split-complementary

#DD9142 #42DBDD #4442DD

monochromatic

#8C5319 #BF7222 #DD9142 #E6AF76 #F0CDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#DD9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#DD9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9142

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9142	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)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb17a',
    500: '#dd9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9142;
$custom-light: #edb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71956,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9142

secondary

#9DBDDD

accent

#92EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9142

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

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