#DD9438#DD9438

#DD9438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9438
RGB	rgb(221, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 19.74, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 60.59, 70.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0503 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.136 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1256, 36.8412, 8.6858)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9438 #3881DD

analogous

#DD4238 #DD9438 #D3DD38

triadic

#DD9438 #38DD94 #9438DD

tetradic

#DD9438 #38DD42 #3881DD #DD38D3

square

#DD9438 #38DD42 #3881DD #DD38D3

split-complementary

#DD9438 #38D3DD #4238DD

monochromatic

#845417 #B8751F #DD9438 #E6B06C #EFCCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#DD9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#DD9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9438

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9438	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb374',
    500: '#dd9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9438;
$custom-light: #edb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.455,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9438

secondary

#95B4DB

accent

#8AEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9438

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

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