#DD9240#DD9240

#DD9240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9240
RGB	rgb(221, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 21.18, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 57.41, 68.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0556 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.132 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0262, 36.3039, 9.6962)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9240 #408BDD

analogous

#DD4340 #DD9240 #D9DD40

triadic

#DD9240 #40DD92 #9240DD

tetradic

#DD9240 #40DD43 #408BDD #DD40D9

square

#DD9240 #40DD43 #408BDD #DD40D9

split-complementary

#DD9240 #40D9DD #4340DD

monochromatic

#8A5419 #BE7322 #DD9240 #E6B074 #EFCDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#DD9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#DD9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9240

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9240	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb279',
    500: '#dd9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9240;
$custom-light: #edb279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.338,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72118,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9240

secondary

#9CBBDD

accent

#90ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9240

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

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