#DD9242#DD9242

#DD9242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9242
RGB	rgb(221, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 21.29, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 56.62, 67.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0562 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.131 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0841, 36.3270, 10.0013)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9242 #428DDD

analogous

#DD4542 #DD9242 #DBDD42

triadic

#DD9242 #42DD92 #9242DD

tetradic

#DD9242 #42DD45 #428DDD #DD42DB

square

#DD9242 #42DD45 #428DDD #DD42DB

split-complementary

#DD9242 #42DBDD #4542DD

monochromatic

#8C5419 #BF7322 #DD9242 #E6B076 #F0CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#DD9242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#DD9242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9242

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9242	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)

#AA9839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb27a',
    500: '#dd9242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9242;
$custom-light: #edb27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.968,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9242

secondary

#9DBCDD

accent

#91EC3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9242

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

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