#DD9538#DD9538

#DD9538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9538
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 19.20, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 60.64, 71.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0487 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.136 69)
XYZ	xyz(41.2832, 37.1563, 8.7383)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9538 #3880DD

analogous

#DD4338 #DD9538 #D3DD38

triadic

#DD9538 #38DD95 #9538DD

tetradic

#DD9538 #38DD43 #3880DD #DD38D3

square

#DD9538 #38DD43 #3880DD #DD38D3

split-complementary

#DD9538 #38D3DD #4338DD

monochromatic

#845417 #B8761F #DD9538 #E6B16C #EFCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DD9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#DD9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9538

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9538	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb474',
    500: '#dd9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9538;
$custom-light: #edb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72597,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.37153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9538

secondary

#95B4DB

accent

#88EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9538

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

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